Terrorism and 9/11

Sayyid Qutb

Egyptian founder of Islamic fundamentalism

Islamic Fundamentalism

Strict following of all religious laws in Quran. Minority view.

Ayatollah Khomeini

Iranian Islamic leader + revolutionary

Mullah Omar

Taliban leader of Afghanistan

Taliban

Islamic fundamentalist government of Afghanistan

Shariq

Religious law of Islam

Mujahideen

Islamic guerrilla fighters vs Soviets in Afghanistan 79-92

Osama Bin Laden

Founder of Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

Responsible for 9/11 + other terror attacks. “The base”

Ramzi Yousef

Al-Qaeda mastermind of 1993 World Trade Center attack

Jihad

“holy war,” use of violence against the enemies of Islam

USS Cole

Navy ship bombed by Al-Qaeda in 2000

Saddam Hussein

Former President of Iraq

Aymar Al-Zahiri

Leader of Al-Qaeda after Bin Laden

Mikhail Gorbachev

Final Premier of the Soviet Union

Glasnost

Freedom of Speech

Perestroika

Making the economy more modern in the Soviet union/economic reform

Secessionists

Wanted independence from the Soviet Union

Commonwealth of Independent Republics

The replacement for the Soviet Union, composed of most of the independent countries of the former Soviet Union. Weak and informal agreement between some of the members of the soviet union

Timothy McVeigh

Oklahoma city bomber. Former US Army solider