 Kunyange zvazvo Saudi Arabia yakanga isati yava nemitemo yepamutemo ine chokuita nokuongorora, mamiriro ezvinhu akaoma munyika yacho akaita kuti vatungamiriri vatange mitemo yakaoma iyo yakazokanganisa vezvenhau. Zvikurukuru, shanduko yeIslam yeIranuye kubatwa kweGreat Mosque nevanyanyisi muna 1979 kwakatungamirira hurumende kudzvinyirira vaSunni vakanyanyisa. Hurumende yaMambo Khalid, uye gare gare munununa wake Mambo Fahd, vakamanikidzira mitemo yekubatsira kurwisa ruvengo uye mhirizhonga, yakadai sekushanda pamwe chete nehurumende yechitendero kuti vagadzirise zvinhu. 