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Understanding Islamic FundamentalismThe Theological and Ideological Basis of al-Qa'ida's Political Tactics$
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Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism: The Theological and Ideological Basis of al-Qa'ida's Political Tactics

Sayed Khatab

Print publication date: 2011

Print ISBN-13: 9789774164996

Published to Cairo Scholarship Online: May 2012

DOI: 10.5743/cairo/9789774164996.001.0001

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Al-Qaʻida

Al-Qaʻida

Chapter:
(p.85) 4 Al-Qaʻida
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Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism
Author(s):

Sayed Khatab

Publisher:
American University in Cairo Press
DOI:10.5743/cairo/9789774164996.003.0005

This chapter investigates the war in Afghanistan, the establishment of al-Qa'ida, the transformation of Usama bin Laden from an exclusively Afghan-based jihadist to an al-Qa'ida neo-jihadist, the role of the USA within the Arab-Muslim countries therein, and the Bin Laden-Taliban relationship.

Keywords:   al-Qa'ida, Afghanistan, Usama bin Laden, neo-jihadist, Taliban, Islamic fundamentalism, USA

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