al-Qaeda ( /ælˈkaɪdə/ al-KY-də; Arabic: القاعدة, al-qāʿidah, Arabic: [ælˈqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: "The Base" and alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida) is a global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in Peshawar (Pakistan) sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad and a stric...
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Founders:
- Mustafa Abu al-Yazid ,
- Ayman al-Zawahiri ,
- Mamdouh Mahmud Salim ,
- Osama bin Laden ,
- Julaiden ,
- Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif ,
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam ,
- Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri
Works Written About This Topic:
- Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda's Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia ,
- Osama: The Making of a Terrorist ,
- The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America ,
- Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror ,
- Al-Qaeda ,
- What Death of Osama Bin Laden Indicates About Barack Obama's Leadership
Also known as:
- Al-Qaida,
- al Qaeda
