Abd al-Qadir bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz
Abd al-Qadir bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, also known as Sayyid Imam Sharif, (1950-), was the first leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, until Ayman al-Zawahiri took over in 1991. He is still seen as one of the leading Salafist scholars. [1]
Al-Zawahiri may have published some of al-Qadir's writings under his own name, and therefore likely split over this controversy.[2] Al-Qadir authored the "Manual of Military Preparation", (Rislat al ‘umda fi I’dad al-udda li’l-jihad fi sabil allah)” manual of jihad.[3] Al-Zawahiri claimed that the name Abd al-Qadir bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz is a "a symbolic name of al-Jihad Group and not the real name of the author of the “document of guidance,” to the extent that many of the brothers imagined that it was a symbolic name of mine!" [4], for which Jarret Brachman charged him with plagiarism. [5] Brachman and other U.S. analysts have suggested discrediting al-Zawahiri as a false authority on jihad.
References
- ↑ Chris Heffelfinger (December 27, 2006), "The Ideological Voices of the Jihadi Movement", Terrorism Monitor, Jamestown Foundation
- ↑ Brian Drinkwine (January 26, 2009), "The Serpent in Our Garden: Al-Qa'ida and the Long War", Carlisle Papers, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, p. 7
- ↑ Thomas Hegghammer, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Oslo, Strategic Studies in Jihadist Literature, Address to the Middle East Institute
- ↑ "The Open Meeting with Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri", Al-Fajr Information Center and As-Sahāb Media, 02-04-2008
- ↑ Jarret Brachman, As-Sarab Media Establishment presents an Open Letter to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri from Dr. Jarret Brachmann