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Iranian Ayatollah: Emancipate Islam's Holy Sites From Saudi Control, Hand Mecca To 'Men Of Piety'
The article reports that Ayatollah Javadi Amoli urged that Saudi Arabia's custodianship of Mecca and Medina be reviewed and transferred to more devout hands, and he condemned the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen. It places these remarks within a worsening Saudi-Iran dispute over pilgrimages, which followed allegations of mistreatment of Iranian pilgrims and a denied flight. It also notes that the custodian title is central to Saudi legitimacy and that a similar call came after a deadly 1987 incident in Mecca.
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