Grand Mosque seizure
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The Grand Mosque seizure occurred during November and December 1979 when armed civilians calling for the overthrow of the House of Saud took over Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The insurgents declared that the Mahdi (the "redeemer of Islam") had arrived in the form of one of their leaders, Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani, and called on Muslims to obey him. For nearly two weeks Saudi Special Forces, advised by three GIGN French commandos, fought battles to reclaim the compound.
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See also
- Operation Blue Star, Golden Temple, Amritsar, India, 1984
- Siege of Lal Masjid
- People claiming to be the Mahdi
- Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque)
- Ikhwan Revolt
- List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
- Memali incident
- Waco siege
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