Domestic Terrorism

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Last updated 3:42 PM on 5/21/26
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Sayyid Qutb

Egyptian founder of Islamic fundamentalism

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Islamic Fundamentalism

strict following of all religious laws in the Quran. Minority view. may resort to terrorism

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Ayatollah Khomeini

Iranian Islamic leader + revolutionary

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Mullah Omar

Taliban leader of Afghanistan

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Taliban

Islamic fundamentalist government of Afghanistan

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Sharia

religious laws of islam

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Mujahideen

Islamic guerrilla fighters vs Soviets in Afghanistan in 79-92

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Osama Bin Laden

Leader of al-Qaeda, responsible for 9/11 attacks.

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Al Qaeda

Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S. the "base"

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Ramzi Yousef

al-Qaeda mastermind of 1993 World Trade Center attack

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jihad

"holy war", use violence against enemies of Islam

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USS Cole

This ship sunk in 2000 after an Al Qaeda terrorist attack.

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Saddam Hussein

President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Waged war on Iran in 1980-1988. In 1990 he ordered an invasion of Kuwait but was defeated by United States and its allies in the Gulf War (1991). Defeated by US led invasion in 2003.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri

current leader of al-Qaeda