Extremist

Juhayman al-Otaybi

1936 - 1980

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Juhayman al-Otaybi is the 141st most popular extremist, the 180th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 2nd most popular Saudi Arabian Extremist.

Juhayman al-Otaybi was a Saudi religious extremist, former National Guard member, and leader of a Salafi dissident group most famously known for masterminding and leading the 1979 Grand Mosque seizure in Mecca, where he and up to 600 armed militants stormed Islam's holiest site on November 20, 1979, held it for two weeks, denounced the Saudi monarchy as un-Islamic, and proclaimed one of his followers as the awaited Mahdi (Islamic redeemer) to rally an uprising against the House of Saud. The audacious attack shocked the Muslim world, resulted in hundreds of deaths during the bloody Saudi recapture with foreign assistance, and ended with Juhayman and 68 surviving followers captured and publicly beheaded on January 9, 1980. Surprisingly, despite his radical rejection of Saudi royal legitimacy and modern influences—rooted in his Bedouin tribal background and religious education—his actions inadvertently accelerated Saudi Arabia's shift toward stricter Wahhabi conservatism to counter such threats, influencing the kingdom's religious policies for decades.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, Juhayman al-Otaybi ranks 141 out of 283. Before him are Charles Sobhraj, Aldrich Ames, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jacques Mesrine, Eugen Weidmann, and Frank Nitti. After him are Baruch Goldstein, Patricia Krenwinkel, Dennis Nilsen, Sante Geronimo Caserio, Whitey Bulger, and Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Juhayman al-Otaybi ranks 175. Before him are Hans van den Broek, Dacia Maraini, Jacques Mesrine, Ken Mattingly, Frank Serpico, and Frankétienne. After him are Savitri, Eliahu Inbal, Juliette Mayniel, Hermeto Pascoal, Solomon Burke, and Šaban Bajramović. Among people deceased in 1980, Juhayman al-Otaybi ranks 98. Before him are John Mauchly, Friedrich Hossbach, Héctor José Cámpora, Alf Sjöberg, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, and Manlio Brosio. After him are Ernst Ocwirk, Lil Dagover, Rolf Nevanlinna, Bert Kaempfert, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Gabriel González Videla.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Juhayman al-Otaybi ranks 180 out of NaN. Before him are Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null), Muhammad ibn Maslamah (589), Shaykh Ahmad (1753), Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580), Majed Abdullah (1959), and Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum (null). After him are Adi ibn Hatim (550), Asma bint Umais (null), Lubaba bint al-Harith (593), Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali (603), Umm Ruman (null), and Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933).

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Among Extremists In Saudi Arabia

Among extremists born in Saudi Arabia, Juhayman al-Otaybi ranks 2. Before him are Osama bin Laden (1957). After him are Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Hamza bin Laden (1989), Wail al-Shehri (1973), Mohand al-Shehri (1979), Nawaf al-Hazmi (1976), Hamza al-Ghamdi (1980), Satam al-Suqami (1976), Waleed al-Shehri (1978), Ahmed al-Nami (1977), and Khalid al-Mihdhar (1975).

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