Monday, October 13, 2014

The Siege of Mecca and It's Consequences For Global Islam


Fear of the next Juhayman instigates this. IS/ISIL/ISIS demonstrates for the world their version of 'pure' Islam. Saudi Arabia was given bloody stern warning coincidental to the Iranian hostage crisis during the siege of Mecca. Fallout from the siege of Mecca resulted in 

*global dawa, thousands of mosques planted throughout the non-Muslim world.
*Hijrah,the mass migration of Muslims throughout the non-Muslim populations
*legal dualism to accommodate the Cairo declaration of human rights/sharia enforcement upon non-Muslim populations

More:


ICNA Report: The American Mosque
from 2012 provides useful charts and graphs detailing the infiltration of American soil. The following quote from Page 4 of this report dispels the myth of Islamic heritage within the birth of the USA . . .under the heading Major Findings (bullet point three):

"The American mosque is a remarkably young institution: over three-fourths *76% of all existing mosques were established since 1980."Since 1980. . .why 1980? Puzzle pieces may begin to fall into place when considering the following incident and resolution:

1979′s Seige of Mecca, via book by Yaroslav Trofimov

Quote: "On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning—the first of a new Muslim century—hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam’s holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Armed with rifles that they had smuggled inside coffins, these men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. Led by a Saudi preacher named Juhayman al Uteybi, they believed that the Saudi royal family had become a craven servant of American infidels, and sought a return to the glory of uncompromising Islam. " 

Further exploration:

PBS Frontline: "House of Saud" documentary discusses the deal made by the Saudi King to retain control over Mecca and Medina after the Siege of Mecca in 1979 as told in this leading Arab photo magazine spread for Majalla, The End of Jihad (2009), 30 Years After the Siege of Mecca.


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