Editing Al-Qaeda

{{Important}}{{Evil Organization

|Box title = Al-Qaeda

|Image = Flag of Jihad.svg

|alias = Al-Qaida<br>Al-Qa'ida<br>The Base

|headquarters = Afghanistan

|commanders = [[Saif al-Adel]] (''de facto'', 2022 - present)<br>[[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] (2011 - 2022)<br>[[Osama bin Laden]] (1988 - 2011)

|agents = [[Mohammed Atef]]<br>[[Nasir al-Wuhayshi]]<br>[[Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah]]<br>[[Asim Umar]]<br>[[Hani Hanjour]]<br>[[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]]<br>[[Saeed al-Masri]]<br>[[Mohamed Atta]]<br>[[Fayez Banihammad]]<br>[[Ziad Jarrah]]<br>[[Adam Yahiye Gadahn]]<br>[[Anwar al - Awlaki]]<br>[[Hamza bin Laden]]<br>

|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Sectarianism]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Serial murder]]<br>[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide bombings]]<br>Attempted world domination<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Ableism]]<br>

|type of villains = Religious Terrorists

|name=Al-Qaeda|Agents=[[Mohamed Atta]]<br>[[Waleed al-Shehri]]<br>[[Wail al-Shehri]]<br>[[Abdulaziz al-Omari]]<br>[[Satam al-Suqami]]<br>[[Marwan al-Shehhi]]<br>[[Fayez Banihammad]]<br>[[Mohand al-Shehri]]<br>[[Hamza al-Ghamdi]]<br>[[Ahmed al-Ghamdi]]|type of villain=Religious Terrorists}}{{Quote|The terrorism we practice is of the most commendable kind for it is directed at tyrants, the traitors who commit acts of treason against their own countries and their faith and their own prophet and their own nation. Terrorizing those and punishing them are necessary measures to straighten things and to make them right.|[[Osama bin Laden]], May 1998}}'''Al-Qaeda''' ( /ælˈkaɪdə/ al-ky-də; Arabic: القاعدة‎ al-qāʿidah, Arabic: [ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: "The Base" and alternatively spelled '''al-Qaida''' and sometimes '''al-Qa'ida''') is a global [[militant Islam]]ist organization founded by [[Osama bin Laden]] at some point 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 strict interpretation of sharia law. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the United Kingdom, various other countries, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, and NATO.

 

 

At the same time, a growing number of Arab mujahideen joined the jihad against the Afghan Marxist regime, which was facilitated by international Muslim organizations, particularly the Maktab al-Khidamat (MAK). In 1984, MAK was established in Peshawar, Pakistan, by bin Laden and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, a Palestinian Islamic scholar and member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]. MAK organized guest houses in Peshawar, near the Afghan border, and gathered supplies for the construction of paramilitary training camps to prepare foreign recruits for the Afghan war front. MAK was funded by the Saudi government as well as by individual Muslims including Saudi businessmen. Bin Laden also became a major financier of the mujahideen, spending his own money and using his connections to influence public opinion about the war.

Toward the end of the Soviet military mission in Afghanistan, some foreign mujahideen wanted to expand their operations to include Islamist struggles in other parts of the world, such as Palestine and Kashmir. A number of overlapping and interrelated organizations were formed, to further those aspirations. One of these was the organization that would eventually be called al-Qaeda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characteristic techniques employed by Al-Qaeda include [[Suicide Bombing|suicide attacks]] and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement, who have taken a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous "Al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq or Sudan, but who have not taken any pledge. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new world-wide Islamic caliphate.  

 

Among the beliefs ascribed to Al-Qaeda members is the conviction that a Christian–Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam. As Salafist jihadists, they believe that the killing of civilians is religiously sanctioned, and they ignore any aspect of religious scripture which might be interpreted as forbidding the murder of civilians and internecine fighting. Al-Qaeda also opposes man-made laws, and wants to replace them with a strict form of sharia law.

== Allied organizations ==

*[[Al-Muhajiroun]]

*[[Taliban]]

*[[Al-Shabaab]]

*[[Al-Nusra Front]] / [[Tahrir al-Sham]]

*[[Mujahideen Shura Council|Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem]]

*[[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]

== Videos ==

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Embedded with Al-Qaeda in Syria ISIS and al-Nusra

Jihadists vs. the Assad Regime Syria's Rebel Advance

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