![]() The Saudi leader at the time wanted the pilgrims to embrace his Wahhabi beliefs and accept his Wahhabi mission. In 1805, Iraqi and Iranian Muslims were refused permission to perform Hajj, as were the Syrians in 1806 and Egyptians the following year. At this time, non-Wahhabi Muslims were prevented from performing the Hajj (pilgrimage). ![]() They intended to demolish the grave of the Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him, many times, but would repeatedly change their minds. They did not leave any religious building, including mosques, without demolishing it, whether inside or outside the Baqi’ (graveyard). In 1806, the Wahhabi army occupied Medina. However, after the army left, Sharif Ghalib breached the truce, inciting the Wahhabis to reoccupy Mecca in 1805. They executed a campaign of destruction in many sacred places and leveled all the existing domes, even those built over the well of Zamzam. A year later, the forces occupied the holy city of Mecca. ![]() ![]() In 1802, AN ARMY LED BY THE SONS of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab (the founder of Wahhabism) and Muhammad ibn Saud occupied Taif and began a bloody massacre. ![]()
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