3.6K views · 74 reactions | On the 20 November 1979, as worshippers finished fajr prayer in Mecca’s Grand Mosque, radical Saudi preacher Juhayman al-Otaybi and hundreds of his armed followers violently besieged Masjid al-Haram and called for the downfall of the Saudi royal family. The two week siege shocked the Muslim world and changed the course of Saudi history. | Middle East Eye | Facebook

2.3K reactions · 742 shares | For the first time in the history of the Holy House of God! The arrival of the ranks of worshipers to the Al-Muala area, which is 3 and a half kilometers from the Holy Mosque in Mecca  . . . . . . . . . . . #makkah #makkah_live #makkah_al_mukaaramah #makkahvideo #umrah #makkah_madinah1 #jjhy #مكة #مكة_المكرمة #مكة_الان #مكه | jedDah JEDdah hai yaar.....:) | Facebook

A group of extremists, believing their leader to be Imam Mahdi, took the Grand Mosque of Mecca hostage in 1979 which lasted for 14 days. TCM brings the exclusive interview of a journalist who investigated the siege and a Pakistani Officer of the Foreign Service who was in Saudi Arabia at that time - and revealed what actually happened and how it all ended. Subscribe to TCM Originals' YouTube channel: https://rb.gy/rd2pn7 #tcmnews | TCM Originals