Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Sezvo Saudi Arabia iri musha weMecca neMedina, nzvimbo dzinoyera dzeIslam, maMuslim mazhinji akatsamwiswa nekuvapo kwemauto nguva dzose. Kupfuurira kuvapo kwemauto eU.S. muSaudi Arabia mushure mehondo yaiva chimwe chezvikonzero zvakataurwa kumashure kweSeptember 11 kurwiswa kwegandanga, kuputika kweKhobar Towers, uye zuva rakasarudzwa rekuputika kwebhambu yeU.S. muna 1998
(August 7), raiva gore rechisere zuva rakatumirwa mauto eU.S. kuSaudi Arabia. Osama bin Laden akadudzira muporofita wechiIslam Muhammad sokurambidza "kuvapo kusingaperi kwavasingatendi muArabia". Muna 1996, bin Laden akabudisa chirevo, achidaidzira kuti mauto eUnited States abve muSaudi Arabia. Mukubvunzurudzwa muna December 1999 naRahimullah Yusufzai, bin Laden akati ainzwa kuti vaAmerica vakanga "vava pedyo zvikuru neMecca" uye akaona izvi sechinhu chinopesvedzera nyika yose yeIslam.