The World According to Al Qaeda - Hardcover

Brad K. Berner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8124801142 ISBN 13: 9788124801147

Publisher: Peacock Books (An Imprint of Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd.), 2006

Synopsis

Since the most devastating attack on September 11, 2001, when 19 Al Qaeda operatives hijacked four passenger planes and drove two into the Twin Towers in New York city and one into the Pentagon, Osama Bin Laden has been the "most wanted man" and even children have at least some acquaintance with him. Founder of Al Qaeda in 1988, he has come to epitomize contemporary Islamist fundamentalist terrorism. He founded Al Qaeda to consolidate the international network he established during the Afghan war and to repel foreign intervention in the Middle East. It will undoubtedly be of interest to know the world from the Al Qaeda viewpoint. The present book contains the views of Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda members, affiliated organizations and supporters on a wide-ranging series of contemporary topics, including nuclear weapons, the killing of Muslims, the U.S., India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, contemporary Arab governments, and Al Qaeda's major attacks. The appeal of Al Qaeda's ideology is best understood in its own words and the words of affiliated organizations and supporters. For this reason, this compilation has been put together.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Founded in the late 1980s in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, has come to symbolize contemporary terrorism for many. However, for a significant fundamentalist Islamist minority, it represents a force that is resisting Western encroachment and the 'apostate' regimes ruling Muslim countries.

The Al Qaeda of the 1990s no longer exists. Although it has suffered serious reverses with the loss of its training camps in Afghanistan and the capture or death of some of its cadre and leaders, Al Qaeda continues as a more decentralized organization and believes it has succeeded in its self-proclaimed role as a "detonator" with the advent of many like-minded organizations and individuals that are currently undertaking violent jihad throughout the world.

The appeal of its ideology is best understood in Al Qaeda's own words and the words of affliated organizations and supporters. For this reason, this compliation has been put together.

About the Author:

Brad K. Berner is a professor at Western International University, Phoenix, Arizona, and at Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona. In addition to The World According to Al Qaeda, he has to his credit two more works on Al Qaeda and Bin Laden namely, Jihad: Bin Laden in His Own Words and Quotations from Osama Bin Laden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peacock Books (An Imprint of Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd.)
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 8124801142
• ISBN 13: 9788124801147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224