by Tyler Durden
Saturday, May 22, 2021 - 12:25 PM
Millions of people in the Middle East were shocked after witnessing a rare security incident during a live broadcast of the sermon at Mecca's Great Mosque on Friday. Mecca is considered the holiest place in the Islamic world, and in recent years security has been greatly beefed up amid the continued influx of millions of pilgrims weekly, but also amid increasing threats and incidents.
As a senior imam was giving the Friday sermon,
a man stormed his pulpit appearing to wield a weapon - which some commentators described as a knife (though this remains unclear). Saudi police and security immediately tackled him and dragged him away, as video of the incident shows...