The Seige of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov

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Not many are aware that the Holy Mecca was under bloody seige in 1979 and was not made public by the Arab Saudi government. The book walked readers through to understand the history of the Al-Saud's family - the ruler, tracked down how the "Wahhabi" has formed into another branch of the believers and how they have disputed with the Sunnis. It tells who is Juhayman, the mastermind of the attack and how he together with Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani, who was declared to be the Imam Mahdi, the redeemer, has seiged the Holy of Mecca for two weeks and ended up tragically. Another part of this book which I found interesting was how the disruptions of global oil productions has changed the Saudi economy over night, that massive work of construction has taken place, changing the size of the Holy Mecca into six folds. It is more interesting to learn that the family bin Laden is the owner of the construction company.

Not many are aware that the Holy Mecca was under bloody seige in 1979 and was not made public by the Arab Saudi government.

The book walked readers through to understand the history of the Al-Saud's family - the ruler, tracked down how the "Wahhabi" has formed into another branch of the believers and how they have disputed with the Sunnis.

It tells who is Juhayman, the mastermind of the attack and how he together with Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani, who was declared to be the Imam Mahdi, the redeemer, has seiged the Holy of Mecca for two weeks and ended up tragically.

Another part of this book which I found interesting was how the disruptions of global oil productions has changed the Saudi economy over night, that massive work of construction has taken place, changing the size of the Holy Mecca into six folds. It is more interesting to learn that the family bin Laden is the owner of the construction company.