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@article{Ochsenwald1981SaudiAA,
title={Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Revival},
author={William L. Ochsenwald},
journal={International Journal of Middle East Studies},
year={1981},
volume={13},
pages={271 - 286},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:159997594}
}The seizure of the grand mosque of Mecca on 1 Muharram 1400/20 November 1979 by a group of Muslim fundamentalists protesting alleged religious laxity in Saudi Arabia raised the issue of Islamic revival in the very birthplace of the Islamic faith. This dramatic action and the ensuing battle for control of the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba, caused concern and anxiety among hundreds of millions of Muslims. It turned the minds of many to the phenomenon of religious revival. The attack on the…