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Sayyid Qutb
Egyptian founder of islamic fundamentalism. c- executed
Islamic Fundamentalism
strict following of all religious laws in Quran. C- minority view in Islam
Ayatollah Khomeni
Iranian islamic leader and revolutionary, started iranian revolutionary
Mullah Omar
Taliban leader in Afghanistan, active in 1980
Taliban
islamic fundamentalist gov’t of Afghanistan
Sharia
religious law in Islam (used in places like Afghanistan)
Mujahideen
Islamic guerilla fighters vs. soviets in Afghanistan
Osama Bin Laden
founder of Al-Qaeda, formed 1968
al-Qaeda
group responsible for 9/11 + other terrorist attacks, “the base”, protected by Taliban in Afghanistan. c- 1984, Osama Bin Laden moves camps to Afghanistan
Ramzi Yousef
leader of al-Qaeda, led first attack on WTC
Jihad
“holy war” use of violence against enemies of islam
USS Cole
US navy ship bombed by al-Qaeda in Yemen, 2000s
Saddam Hussein
former Iraq pres
Ayman al-Zawhiri
current al-Qaeda leader
Afghanistan
Mullah Omar, Taliban, Mujahideen fought soviets, Shariq, al-Qaeda hide out
Yemen
bombing of USS Cole
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Egypt
Sayyid Qutb
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeni
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