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    Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaybi (Arabic: جهيمان بن محمد بن سيف العتيبي; ‎16 September 1936 – 9 January 1980) was a Saudi religious dissident and...
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    the leadership of Juhayman al-Otaybi, a Saudi anti-monarchy Islamist from the Tribe of Otaibah. They identified themselves as "al-Ikhwan" (Arabic: الإخوان)...
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  • Mecca. Hundreds of Islamic radicals led by Saudi preacher Juhayman al-Otaybi invaded the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Islam's holiest shrine, on Nov. 20, 1979...
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  • led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, were known as Al-Ikhwan (named after the Ikhwan army that which Juhayman's father served in or the hostel, Beit al-Ikhwan,...
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    Kingdom from what they deemed as 'Western apostasy'. They were led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, an echo of his father's charge in 1921 against the former Saudi king...
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    Otaibah (redirect from Al-Otaibi)
    bin Mohaya Juhayman al-Otaybi Sultan bin Bajad Al Otaibi, one of the leaders of the Ikhwan movement Husain Sirhan, saudi poet Mutlaq Hamid Al-Otaibi, Saudi...
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    saw the al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca violently seized by a group of 500 heavily armed and provisioned Saudi dissidents led by Juhayman al-Otaybi and Abdullah...
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    of his students, one of which was Juhayman al-Otaybi. The Saudi Binladin Group was tasked with expanding Masjid al-Haram, which would be the first substantial...
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    hostage crisis lasts until January 20, 1981. November 20–December 4: Juhayman al-Otaybi and his followers seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia....
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    Wahhabism (redirect from Al-Wahhabiyya)
    leader of "The Salafi Group That Commands Right and Forbids Wrong" (Juhayman Al-Otaybi)] Lacey 2009, p. 12. House, Karen Elliott (2012). On Saudi Arabia:...
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    Musa'id (1975) – for the assassination of his uncle, King Faisal Juhayman al-Otaybi (1980) – Saudi Arabian terrorist beheaded for committing the 1979...
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    to strike down the enemies of Islam). The leader of the uprising, Juhayman al-Otaybi, read out a list of grievances as he accused the House of Saud of...
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    associated with leading Wahhabi ulama (Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz knew the insurgent's leader, Juhayman al-Otaybi). Their seizure of Islam's holiest site, the...
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    November 20 – Grand Mosque seizure: A group of 200 Juhayman al-Otaybi militants occupy Mecca's Masjid al-Haram, the holiest place in Islam. They are driven...
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  • of the royal family members who were harshly criticised by Juhayman Al Otaybi and Abdullah Al Qahtani, leaders of the group that seized the Grand Mosque...
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    the Great Mosque in Mecca on November 24. The leader of the siege, Juhayman al-Otaybi, was decapitated in public in Mecca. Other public beheadings took...
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    shrine of Islam, Mecca's Grand Mosque (the Masjid al-Haram), was seized by a group of 200 Juhayman al-Otaybi militants on the first day of the new Islamic...
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    to work with other groups. Within Saudi Arabia, the OIR supported Juhayman al-Otaybis movement, despite their ideological differences. The OIR didn't however...
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  • his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the broader Islamic State. In 1979, Dost was among those, led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, who were involved in the...
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