{"product_id":"siegeofmeccatheforgottenuprisinginislamsholiestshrine","title":"Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam s Holiest Shrine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYaroslav Trofimov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9780141034065\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. With thousands of terrified worshippers trapped inside, the result was a bloody siege that lasted two weeks, caused hundreds of deaths, prompted an international diplomatic crisis and unleashed forces that would eventually lead to the rise of al Qaeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJournalist Yaroslav Trofimov takes us day-by-day through one of the most momentous - and heavily censored - events in recent history, interviewing many direct participants in the siege and drawing on secret documents to reveal the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5965731299363,"sku":"9780141034065","price":24.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_6499_bcffdbd7-fa1e-458b-a714-b57dc9bfb7b1.jpg?v=1761651794","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/siegeofmeccatheforgottenuprisinginislamsholiestshrine","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}