Richard Miniter
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 11 Sep
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That's a big question.
The short answer is nineteen seventy nine.
In nineteen seventy nine, in the Carter years of the American presidency.
Um, through a series of missteps, there was a revolution in Iran.
An interesting coalition of
Communists.
Kurds and radical Islamists led by Ayotol Khomeini, who was in exile, first in Iraq and then in Paris.
uh flew back to Iran and was able to launch an Islamic revolution in that country.
What that did the are the
The революціоник революція.
But for Sunnis outside Iran.
It was
A watershed.
Suddenly it seemed like radical Islamic utopia was possible.
That we saw takeovers in Mecca in nineteen seventy nine.
uh where the Great Mosque was taken and for several months Saudi forces were unable to retake it.
And many radical um Muslims believed that
Allah was protecting the people holding the Grand Mosque hostage.
Ultimately the Saudis um
under Prince Turkey El Faisal were able to bring in French paratroopers, who they made all say the Shahada, converting to Islam before they went in, who cleared out the the um the terrorists.
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