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  2. Incidents during the Hajj - Wikipedia

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    692: The siege of Mecca occurred when Umayyad general Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf besieged Mecca on 25 March 692. The city was bombarded using catapults and continued during the Hajj rituals. It resulted in the Kaaba being damaged. It was then rebuilt again. [16] 924: The Hajj caravan returning from Mecca to Iraq is attacked and destroyed by the ...

  3. Masjid al-Haram - Wikipedia

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    Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام ‎, romanized: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [6] [7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of ...

  4. Mecca crane collapse - Wikipedia

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    A crawler crane collapsed over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, around 5:10 p.m. on 11 September 2015, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others. [3] [4] [5] The city was preparing for the Hajj pilgrimage.

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  6. Yasir al-Dawsari - Wikipedia

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    On 29 Sha'ban 1436 H (15 June 2015), King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued an order for Al-Dawsari to become one of the Imams of Taraweeh and Tahajjud at Masjid Al-Haram during Ramadan. [7] He carried out that order for five years. [3] [8] [9] On 13 Safar 1441 H (12 October 2019), King Salman appointed Sheikh Yasser as a permanent imam at Masjid Al ...

  7. Islam in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    This alliance formed in the 18th century provided the ideological impetus to Saudi expansion and remains the basis of Saudi Arabian dynastic rule today. [22] The first "Saudi state" established in 1744 in the area around Riyadh , rapidly expanded and briefly controlled most of the present-day territory of Saudi Arabia, [ 23 ] but was destroyed ...

  8. Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia

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    House of Muhammed in Medina, where he lived after the migration from Mecca. [21] Dar Al-Arqam, the first Islamic school where Muhammad taught. [22] It now lies under the extension of the Masjid Al-Haram of Mecca. [citation needed] Qubbat al-Thanaya, the burial site of Muhammed's incisor that was broken in the Battle of Uhud. [8]

  9. 1987 Mecca incident - Wikipedia

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    In Mecca he was arrested, and after giving a speech in Medina following the pilgrimage he was declared an “instigator” and expelled from Saudi Arabia. [ 8 ] [ 20 ] During the next few years, both sides tried to calm the situation: Khomeini urged his devotees to maintain peace and order, not to distribute printed political material, and not ...