Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Saif al-Utaybi (September 16, 1936 - January 9, 1980) is one of the organizers and participants of the terrorist attack in Mecca . Prior to that, he served 18 years in the National Guard of Saudi Arabia, taught at the University of Meccan Umm al-Qur , then was sent to the Islamic University of Medina , where he met his future accomplice Muhammad al-Kahtani .
| Juhayman al-utaybi | |
|---|---|
| Arab. جهيمان العتيبي | |
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| Date of Birth | September 16, 1936 |
| Place of Birth | Gassim |
| Citizenship | |
| Date of death | January 9, 1980 (aged 43) |
| Place of death | Mecca |
| Father | Muhammad Ibn Saif Al-Utaybi |
| The killings | |
| Number of victims | 255 |
| Number of survivors | 560 |
| The main region of the killings | Mecca , Saudi Arabia |
| Motive | Religious fanaticism |
| Punishment | The death penalty |
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Biography
Juhayman al-Utaibi was born on September 16, 1936 in the village of al-Sajir in the Saudi province of Al Qasim , in which representatives of the Utaiba tribe lived . The name given to Juhayman at birth comes from the verb “look dark” [1] . Many fellow tribesmen of Juhayman al-Uteibi, including his father and grandfather (was killed), participated in the battle of Sabil during the Ihwan uprising against the Saudi king Abd al-Aziz.
From 1955 to 1973, Juhayman al-Uteibi served in the ranks of the National Guard of Saudi Arabia . Then he moved to Medina and began to study at the local Islamic University , where he met Muhammad al-Kakhtani . In the late 1970s, Juhayman moved to Riyadh , where he attracted the attention of the Saudi secret services. He and about a hundred of his followers were arrested in 1978 after a demonstration against the monarchy, but were released after they were interrogated by Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz and found them harmless.
On November 20, 1979, Muhammad al-Kakhtani, Juhayman al-Uteibi and about five hundred other terrorists seized the Muslim Mosque, a sacred sanctuary in Mecca. During the assault on the captured mosque, Muhammad al-Kakhtani was killed, and Juhayman and the remaining 68 terrorists were arrested and then sentenced to death.
See also
- The terrorist act in Mecca on November 20, 1979
- Muhammad al-Kahtani
Notes
- ↑ Arabic-Russian dictionary of Kh. K. Baranov :
جَهِمَ (a) جَهْمٌ
1) look gloomy, disapproving;
2) to accept (smb.) Gloomily, disapprovingly, severely
Literature
- Hegghammer T. , Lacroix S. Rejectionist Islamism in Saudi Arabia: The Story of Juhaynam al-'Utaybi Revisited // International Journal of Middle East Studies . - Cambridge University Press , 2007. - Vol. 39. - P. 103–122. - DOI : 10.1017.S0020743806391064 . ( translation )
- Hegghammer T., Lacroix S. The Meccan Rebellion: The Story of Juhayman al-'Utaybi Revisited. - Amal Press, 2011 .-- 78 p. - ISBN 978-0955235993 .