Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sezvo Saudi Arabia iri musha weMecca neMedina, nzvimbo tsvene dzechiIslam, vaMuslim vakawanda vakatsamwiswa nokuvapo kwemauto nguva dzose. Kuvapo kwakapfuurira kwamapoka eU.S. muSaudi Arabia pashure pehondo yaiva chimwe chezvinokurudzira zvakataurwa shure kwekurwiswa kwougandanga kwaSeptember 11, bhomba reKhobar Towers, uye zuva rakasarudzwa nokuda kwe
1998 US embassy bombings (7 August), raiva makore masere kusvikira zuva iro mauto eU.S. akatumirwa 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.