Juhayman al-Otaybi
Juhayman al - Utaibi (Arabic جهيمان العتيبي, DMG Ǧuhaymān al - ʿ Utaibi; * 1935-1940 in Qasim, † January 8, 1980 ) was the leader of the attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca in November 1979.
Life
In the Central Arabian Province Qasim born into a Bedouin family, he served from 1955 in the Saudi Arabian National Guard. In 1973 he finished his service and attended the Sharia Faculty of the Islamic University of Medina, where he heard lectures by Shaykh Ibn Baz. During this time he wrote pamphlets such as the law of loyalty and submission: Corrupt government or Saba ʾ il ʿ Rasa ( seven letters ), which were later printed in Kuwait and distributed as pamphlets in Saudi Arabia. His studies in theology revolved particularly around the end of the world and he has won many supporters for his revolutionary ideas.
In 1974 he fell out with Ibn Baz and returned with some of his followers back to Qasim and Najd. There he spent two years with the construction of the Ikhwan, a militant group.
1976 the group moved to Riyadh, where they attracted attention to the Saudi security forces during a demonstration against the monarchy and were arrested. However, Sheikh Ibn Baz she continued after a survey released.
Juhayman al - Utaibi was married both the daughter of Prince Sadschir al - Mohaya as well as with the sister of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al - Qahtani.
Attack on the Grand Mosque
On the morning of November 20, 1979 up to 500 heads scoring group of heavily armed radical Muslims from various Arab countries stormed under the leadership of al - Utaibi the Grand Mosque and took more than 50,000 believers gathered hostage. It was the last day of the pilgrimage month and the day before the New Year's Day of the year 1400 according to Muslim era. The driven by eschatological ideas insurgents declared that the end of the world was imminent and called for the adoption of Islamic legal systems in all Muslim countries, to overthrow the Saudi royal family and to break diplomatic relations with Western countries.
Most of the hostages were soon released, but a part remained in the hands of the insurgents. Only after the Saudi government had obtained a fatwa of the top theologians, which allowed the use of violence in the holy city, and after lengthy and costly battles in the labyrinthine building, succeeded after more than two weeks of occupation, to bring the surviving insurgents to surrender. A total of 330 people, including hostages, hostage takers and emergency personnel arrived, by the occupation of their lives. 63 insurgents, including al - Utaibi were beheaded in public in a mass execution in various cities of Saudi Arabia on January 8, 1980.