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|combatant2 = al-Ikhwan |commander1 = Khalid of Saudi Arabia Prince Fahd Prince Sultan Prince Abdullah Prince Nayef Badr bin Abdul-Aziz Turki bin Faisal B-Gen. Faleh al Dhaheri Lt. A. Qudheibi Major M. Zuweid al Nefai Major Pervez Musharraf Lieutenant Paul Barril |commander2 = Juhayman al-Otaybi Abdullah al-Qahtani Mohammed Faisal Mohammed Elias |strength1 = |strength2 = 300–600 militants〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://intelwire.egoplex.com/siege-on-mecca-preview2.html )〕 |casualties1 = |casualties2 = }} The Grand Mosque seizure occurred during November and December 1979 when extremist insurgents calling for the overthrow of the House of Saud took over Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The insurgents declared that the Mahdi (the "redeemer of Islam") had arrived in the form of one of their leadersMohammed Abdullah al-Qahtaniand called on Muslims to obey him. The seizure of Islam's holiest site, the taking of hostages from among the worshipers, and the deaths of hundreds of militants, security forces and hostages caught in crossfire in the ensuing battles for control of the site, all shocked the Islamic world. The siege ended two weeks after the takeover began and the mosque was cleared.〔Benjamin, ''The Age of Sacred Terror'' (2002) p. 90〕 Following the attack, the Saudi state implemented a stricter enforcement of Islamic code.〔Wright, ''Sacred Rage,'' (2001), p. 155〕 ==Background== The seizure was led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, a member of an influential family in Najd. He declared his brother-in-law Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani to be the Mahdi, or redeemer, who arrives on earth several years before Judgement Day. His followers embellished the fact that Al-Qahtani's name and his father's name are identical to Prophet Mohammed's name and that of his father, and developed a saying, "''His and his father's names were the same as Mohammed's and his father's, and he had come to Makkah from the north,''" to justify their belief. The date of the attack, 20 November 1979, was the first day of the year 1400 according to the Islamic calendar, which was stated by another hadith as the day that a Mujaddid would reveal himself.〔Benjamin, ''The Age of Sacred Terror,'' (2002) p. 90〕 Al-Otaybi was from one of the foremost families of Najd. His grandfather had ridden with Ibn Saud in the early decades of the century.〔(Makkah – 1979 Juhaiman ibn Muhammad ibn Saif al Otaibi ), Global Security〕 He was a preacher, a former corporal in the Saudi National Guard, and a former student of Sheikh Abdel Aziz al-Baaz who went on to become the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grand Mosque seizure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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