The physical possession of Mecca by the Sunnis really chaps Shiite hides, but what can they do? Possession of Mecca is one of the great sources of power for the possessors. All muslims, of either main flavor, must follow the 2 pillars of Islam just the same. That is, the 5X daily prayer to the black moon rock, and the haj done around the black moon rock at least once in a life if a muslim is able.
About 30 years ago, a gang of shiite commandos/terrorists tried to take it over, after posing as pilgrims. (A common muslim trick, along with dressing as a covered woman, or using ambulances to transport bombs. IOW, they have no shame or honor, and consider them, in fact, to be decadent infidel traits proving weakness.)
Didn’t the House of Saud hire the French Paras or Foreign Legion to go after these guys, because they didn’t want to have their own troops killing Shia and thus start the mother of all Muzz on Muzz battles, and didn’t the Paras or Legion end up using nerve gas to kill them all to avoid damaging the Holy Moon Rock and its surrounding structures during the firefight?
If i was president, I would have entire black ops teams whos soul job was committing atrocities and making it look like it was shia against sunni and vice versa. I would create so much tension and chaos that muslims would be able to concentrate on nothing else but revenge against the other sect
The Grand Mosque was seized in 1979 by Sunni Salafis who considered the Saudi royals to be decadent, corrupt and westernized, which is more or less accurate. IOW, they were Sunni Muslims even more extremist than the Wahhabis.
There are Five Pillars of Islam, not two:
Shahadah: declaring there is no god except God, and Muhammad is God’s Messenger
Salat: ritual prayer five times a day
Zakat: giving 2.5% of one’s savings to the poor and needy
Sawm: fasting and self-control during the blessed month of Ramadan
Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime if he/she is able to