re: #54 Dread Pirate Ron

One thing people probably don’t know is that the Hashemite clan ruled Mecca (yes, THAT Mecca) from the 900s, were pushed out after World War I and given Jordan as a consolation prize. The House of Saud likes to call itself the guardians of the two sacred mosques, but in point of fact the Hashemite clan has a better claim to Mecca, if they had to have a king anyway. The Hashemites also have a very well documented claim to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad.