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Terrorism refers to the use of threat and violence to frighten and coarse mainly for political reasons. A group that practises the vice is the Al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda is an Arabic term that means “the base” and arguably one of the most dangerous Islamic terrorist organisation in the world.. It was formed by Saudi millionaire Osama Bin Laden in the late 1980’s to resist the Soviet Union, which occurred from 1979 to 1989.The Al-Qaeda group is a large and very complex network which involves many countries and radical Sunni Muslim Organization. Afghanistan became ungoverned for 7 years soon after the Soviet Union withdrew during which the country experienced constant fighting among different groups just within their jurisdiction. This resulted into poverty and many children being orphaned. Most of the Orphans were educated in Islamic schools resulting to the growth of radical students and followers of what became to be known as Al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda is a global terrorizing group whose effects have been felt in various parts of the world since 1988, with their first headquarters based in Afghanistan. They consider the United States to be a Primary enemy of the Islam religion and their fury is justified by Bin Laden’s words of the Jihad. “Al-Qaeda believes themselves to be defenders of the ‘nation’ or ‘Kingdom’ of Islam generally and they consider that kingdom
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