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Al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War and transformed into the active terrorist organization known for carrying out the September 11 attacks of 2001.
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born March 1, 1964, or April 14,...
- Kids
Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group. Terrorists use violence to...
- Holy War
Holy war, any war fought by divine command or for a...
- Students
Al-Qaeda merged with a number of other militant Islamist...
- Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri (born June 19, 1951, Egypt—died July 31,...
- Anwar al-Awlaki
Anwar al-Awlaki (born April 21, 1971, Las Cruces, New...
- Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, seat of government, largest city, industrial...
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
The recent rise of jihadist movements in West Africa, including Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its affiliates in the Sahel-Saharan region, has puzzled many observers.
Al-Qaeda utilizes women in violent operations because of the shock value they bring, but women associated with the terrorist network largely act in the private sphere by encouraging men in their lives toward jihad and helping men and families hide from authorities and live underground.
Fearing ISIS, al-Jolani swore allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of al-Qaeda Central (AQC), and al-Nusra began to assert its Salafi-Jihadist character, trying to appear firmly anti-democratic, anti-secular, and committed to the ideas of abolishing man-made laws, establishing an Islamic state, and applying the rules of sharia.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), its direct precursor, was one of the central actors in a larger Sunni insurgency against the Iraqi government and foreign occupying forces. Under the leadership of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, AQI was responsible for some of the most spectacular and brutal attacks of that conflict.
Al-Qaeda. It is unclear if Al Qaeda has a presence in Jammu and Kashmir. Donald Rumsfeld suggested that they were active and in 2002 the SAS hunted for Osama bin Laden in Jammu and Kashmir. Al Qaeda claims that it has established a base in Jammu and Kashmir. However, there has been no evidence for any of these assertions.
Zarqawi is believed by the former Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq to have written an intercepted letter to the al-Qaeda leadership in February 2004 on the progress of the "Iraqi jihad". However, al-Qaeda denied they had written the letter.
