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TIL In 1979, Hardline Islamists seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca (the holiest site in Islam) for over 2 weeks resulting in death of hundreds. The coup was led by Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Qahtani who reasoned that the Saudi Monarchy had become corrupt under the influence of Western Infidelic nations.

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