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In 1979 a group of radicals seized Mecca's Grand Mosque and held it for two weeks. Was this inspired by Iranian Revolution that occurred just a few months prior? Did it renew Saudi conservatism? And were French commandos involved in the mosque's retaking?

by /u/envatted_love in /r/AskHistorians

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