The Siege of Mecca

This week, how one man led an uprising that would have repercussions around the world and inspire the future of Islamic extremism.

An episode of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "The Siege of Mecca" was published on November 14, 2019 and runs 44 minutes.

November 14, 2019 ·44m · Throughline

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On November 20th, 1979, a group of Islamic militants seized Islam's holiest site — the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. They took thousands of hostages and held the holy site for two weeks, shocking the Islamic world. This week, how one man led an uprising that would have repercussions around the world and inspire the future of Islamic extremism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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