The forgotten uprising in islams holiest shrine and the. Packed with vivid, previously undisclosed details, it illuminates a littleknown hostage crisis in the closedoff heart of the muslim world that helped give rise to al qaeda. My father recommended the book to me even provided it for free, but because the book was not about the u. On november 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on tehran, where the iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. Yaroslav trofimov, a reporter with the wall street journal, talks about the 1979 siege of the grand mosque at mecca in saudi arabia. Yaroslav trofimov, a journalist for the wall street journal, describes the scene that played out in the grand mosque in his book the siege of mecca perhaps the lone work dedicated to the incident. Interview yaroslav trofimov describes his extensive research for the siege of mecca. Rajiv chandrasekaran, author of imperial life in the emerald city. In the siege of mecca, acclaimed journalist yaroslav trofimov pulls back the curtain. The washington postthe siege of mecca begins with all the menace of a political thriller. By yaroslav trofimov, bojan pancevski berlinthe european union is facing the worst crisis since its inception as the coronavirus deepens longrunning tensions between the blocs south, hardest hit by both the pandemic and its economic fallout, and the financially stronger north. In the mid1980s according to an associate, bin laden in a private conversation said that the men who seized the mosque were true muslims. The effects of the 1979 siege of mecca revisited marissa allison only to those who lead by gods book.
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In the siege of mecca, acclaimed journalist yaroslav trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilling, pivotal, and overlooked episode of modern history, examining its repercussions on the middle east and the world on november 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on tehran, where the iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. Pdf it is recommended that all victims and those affected through the blowback from the. A foreign correspondent for the wall street journal, yaroslav trofimov traces the beginning of the global jihad to nov. That same morning, gunmen stunned the world by seizing. On november 20, 1979, the first morning of a new muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing islams holiest shrine, the grand mosque in mecca. Trofimov combines political analysis and breathless narrative to describe the deadliest terrorist attack prior to 911. Trofimov writes that osama bin laden, a saudi citizen and 23 at the time of the siege at mecca, could not help but feel sympathy for juhayman and his cause. The effects of the 1979 siege of mecca revisited marissa allison university of mary washington senior undergraduate with major in history marissa.
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