Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, is effectively canceled this year, due to concerns around the spread of the coronavirus. But, for two weeks in 1979, visits to the holy site were also ...

Militants stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979, in a rebellion that was crushed two weeks later. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Suggested Topics: Purchase Licensing Rights ...

The crown prince charts a course toward moderation, which prevailed before the 1979 attack on Mecca.

As Mr. al-Ansari, who is the founder and president of the Washington-based Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), noted (though dating the development to 1979): “The Mecca ...