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Courtyard of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia – wiki commons

The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launched an attack on Mecca in Saudi Arabia early Wednesday!

Mecca is the holiest city of Islam and is thought to be, home of the birthplace of the prophet Mohammad.

The Houthis are a Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s.

On Wednesday, they launched a drone strike inside Mecca.

Saudi forces were able to shoot it down over the holiest city in Islam!

A strike on Mecca by the Shiite sect would likely launch a Muslim holy war.

It should be noted that Islam is divided into two major sects, Sunni and Shiite. Sunni Muslims make up 87-90% of all Muslims. Shiite Muslims take up only 10-13% of all Muslims.

Muslims make up 24% of the world population, about 2.3 billion people.

Christians make up an estimated 31% of the world population, around 2.4 billion people.

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The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launched an attack on Mecca in Saudi Arabia early Wednesday!

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The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launched an attack on Mecca in Saudi Arabia early Wednesday!

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