The Mecca uprising : an insider's account of Salafism and insurrection in Saudi Arabia / Nasir al-Huzaimi ; edited and translated by David Commins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Commins, David, editor.

Al-Huzaimi, Nasir, 1957- editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salafīyah--Saudi Arabia.

Salafīyah.

Saudi Arabia--Mecca.

Saudi Arabia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2022.

Summary:

On 20th November 1979, the Salafi Group, led by a charismatic figure named Juhaiman al-Utaibi, seized control of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in the Muslim World. The Salafi Group was not trying to establish an Islamic state. Instead, its members believed they were players in a prophetic script about the End of Time. After a two-week siege, the Saudi government recaptured the mosque, threw the survivors into prison, and had them publicly executed. The Mecca Uprising offers an insider's account of the religious subculture that incubated the Mecca Uprising, written by a former member of the Salafi Group, Nasir al-Huzaimi. Huzaimi did not participate in the uprising, but he was arrested in a government sweep of Salafi Group members and spent six years in prison. In 2011, he published his memoir, Days with Juhaiman, offering the most detailed picture we have of the Salafi Group and Juhaiman.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Saudi Arabia

2. Salafi Group and Religious Beliefs

3. Salafi Group and Society

4. Juhaiman al-UtaibiAppendix 1: DreamsAppendix 2: The Sermon During the UprisingAppendix 3: Interview with al-Majallah MagazineAppendix 4: Interview with Badr al-Rashid

Notes:

Originally published in Arabic as Ayyam ma'a Juhaiman, by the Arab Network for Research and Publishing.

ISBN:

9780755602131

0755602137

9780755602155

0755602153

9780755602148

0755602145

OCLC:

1312145124