The Saudi conquest of Hejaz was the greatest tragedy for Islam since the Mongols rolled around, and it should have been prevented at all costs.
This alongside the tragic abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate as well.
The Late Ottoman Empire was very bad actually, and you can blame a lot of what came after on it.
There's no doubt the Ottoman Empire post Abdulmejid was becoming worse. From the absolutist tyranny of Abdulhamid to the genocidal Committee of Union of Progress, the "Eternal State" was doomed. However, I'm referring to the institution of the Caliphate which had survived the dissolution of the monarchy itself. Albeit, for not very long.
