As Saudi society liberalises, it reckons with hardline past - Reuters:
The Islamist takeover of Mecca’s Grand Mosque in 1979 has been turned into a television drama, spotlighting a controversial narrative Saudi Arabia is using to support social changes once deemed un-Islamic.
A trailer for “Al-Asouf”, meaning “winds of change” in Arabic, features explosions and firefights inside the holiest site in Islam, which Juhayman al-Otaybi and his radical followers occupied for two weeks.
The insurrection sent the kingdom in a more conservative direction as its rulers sought to appease hardliners by ceding control over schools, courts and social issues. Morality police enforced modesty and prayer times while banning music and gender-mixing.
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