Al-Qaeda/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. ^[e]
Insurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
Jihad [r]: Literally meaning "struggle", a Muslim concept that can refer to an inward-directed personal process to submit to God's will, or to an external combat with the enemies of Islam ^[e]
Salafism [r]: Add brief definition or description
Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. ^[e]
Wahhabism [r]: Add brief definition or description

Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. ^[e]
Ayman al-Zawahiri [r]: Generally considered the #2 leader of al-Qaeda, an Egyptian physician who was mentored, in a faction of the Muslim Brotherhood, by Sayyid Qutb ^[e]

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 {{r|Abu Musab al-Suri}}
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 {{r|L'Houssaine Kherchtou}}
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 {{r|Abu Musab al-Zarqawi}}