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Al-Qaeda (/ æ l ˈ k aɪ d ə, ˌ æ l k ɑː ˈ iː d ə /; Arabic: القاعدة, romanized: al-Qāʿidah, lit. 'the Base', IPA: [alˈqaː.ʕi.da]) is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic ...
- History
The origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to the Soviet War in...
- al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent
It was produced by the Subcontinent branch of Al Qaeda's...
- al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (Arabic: تنظيم...
- History
6 days ago · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, al-qāʿidah, "the base") is an Islamist jihadist multinational organization network that was founded around August 1988 and late 1989. [36] p75 [37] It works as a network, as a stateless army, [38] and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad .
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate. Its membership is mostly composed of Arabs, but also includes people from other ethnic groups.
