By blaming the rise of hardliners on the 'Siege of Mecca' and the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the Saudi crown prince is going after anyone who disagrees with him
The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is rewriting part of his country’s history. One example of this hit screens this month across the Arabic-speaking world.
The confusion over the exact number of dead, even 40 years later, is partly due to the tight control Saudi authorities exercise over any sort of information related to the matter. The siege has remained a taboo subject until recently. The 33-year-old crown prince, or MBS as he is commonly known, is adamant in telling the world that the 1979 siege along with other regional developments such as the Iranian Revolution was a turning point in the kingdom’s history.
“MBS would like to advance a new narrative for my country’s recent history, one that absolves the government of any complicity in the adoption of strict Wahhabi doctrine.” As per the interpretation of MBS, his predecessors had no option but to pacify Sunni-Muslim hardliners by giving them greater authority and concessions in a bid to avoid a replay of the Seige of Mecca. And now he’s trying to curtail their influence.
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