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Begats Chart of Al Qaeda

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• Born in 1058, in Khorassan province of Persia
• Named chief Professor, Scholarship Impressed Vizier, 1091
• Accomplished Debater, Lecturer
• 1095, Underwent a Spiritual Crisis
• Al-Ghazali Opposed the Humanist Geniuses of Ibn Sina, et al

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• Al-Ghazali Argued World is Irrational, Humans Cannot Shape the World
• In Destruction of the Philosophers (Incoherence of the Philosophers), al-Ghazali Argues Allah is a Remote, Arbitrary Master, Inaccessible
• Al-Ghazali Scorns the Learned, Praises the Ignorant

1263-1328

• Government "Of The People" By The People Is Supreme Heresy
• "Human Rule" Is The Suspension Of "God's Ruling"
• Taymiyya's Ideas Born On Battlefield Against Mongol Invaders, Not Egyptian Prisons
• Taymiyya: Legitimate To Kill Other Muslims

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• Taymiyya argued the only legitimate authority is Islam. Anything else is jahili.
• Taymiyya challenged legitimacy of Mongol invaders who had converted to Islam
• Taymiyya argued rulers neglecting or transgressing Islamic law or portions thereof are enemies who can be legitimately killed on the battlefield.

1703-1792

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1838-1897

• Emphasizes Muslim Supremacy And Muslim Dominance
• Muslims Have Forgotten The Principle Of Dominance (Over Others)
• Stresses Muslim Unity To Ward Off The Western Corruptions

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1849-1905

• Argues Reason And Revelation Are Divine Creations, So To Rely Only On Reason Is Anti-God
• Embraced Modernity In An Islamic Way, Not A Fundie
• On Reason And Faith
• Tibi Calls Abduh "Foremost Intellectual" Distances Abduh From Fundies

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• An Egyptian pan-Islamic activist who was Afghani's chief disciple.
• It was during this exile from Egypt that Abduh gave a series of lectures in Beirut - updated and given again at al-Azhar - that were later revised and published by his student Rashid Rida as "Risalat al-Tawhid" (The Theology of Unity) in 1897.

1865-1935

• A Syrian disciple of Abduh's, who moved to Egypt and founded a magazine, The Lighthouse (al Manar).
• Framed The 20th Century Debate About Sharia Law
• Rashid Rida Published Writings Of His Teacher, Muhammad Abduh

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1906-1949

• Who learned Islamism from Rashid Rida's The Lighthouse (al Manar), and who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928. Banna begat many offspring.
• Banna studied al-Ghazali's writings in great detail
• Muslim Brotherhood's Hassan Al-Banna Ideology Rooted In Marxism

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• Chief Goal Of Muslim Brotherhood Is Restoration Of Caliphate
• Essay on Greater And Lesser Jihad
• More An Activist Than A Theorist, Very Charismatic
• Muslim Brotherhood Lashed Out Against Nihilism And Pessimism

1909-1977

• Nabhani founded Hizb-ut Tahrir

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1926-1995

• Said Ramadan (died 1995) was the son-in-law of Hassan al-Banna
• The Muslim Brotherhood's international organizer, whose headquarters were in Switzerland

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1903-1979

• Offspring of Hassan al-Banna's Muslim Brotherhood organization
• Democracy Can Never Be Reconciled Within Islam
• Democracy Is 100% Against Islam
• Mawdudi, A Marxist, Introduced "Revolutionary Vanguards" Into Islamism
• Embraces Religious Totalitarianism
• Islam And Democracy Are At Odds With Each Other

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• Islamism Is A Major Threat To Democracy
• Most Islamists Are Arab, Except Mawdudi
• Not Merely Nostalgic For Past Greatness
• Only Islam Is Antidote To The Sick West
• State Must Be Based On Will Of God, For All The Rest Is Heresy

1906-1966

• Adopts Ibn Taymiyya's Philosophy Of Legitimate Authority Into His Writings
• Al-Nadwi's Influence On Qutb
• All Believing In Self-Rule Are Heretics, Feeding Their Own Megalomania
• Qutb & Mawdudi Both Influenced Khomeini, Yet Khomeini Retained His Shia Convictions
• Believes West About To Collapse And Islamism Is Only Solution For Oncoming Mayhem
• Blames Muslims For Western Dominance
• Borrows From Mawdudi's Ideology
• Qutb Extends Legitimacy Of Violence Into Islamism
• Charges Of Jahillya Sufficient To Kill Muslim Intellectuals, Journalists, And Other Infidels
• Democracy Has No Place Because It Is Man-Centered, Not God-Centered
• Far More Influential Than Even Ayatollah Khomeini
• Filled Ideological Void Left From Al-Banna's Death
• Ideas Play Right Into The Clash Of Civilizations

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• Jihad As "Islamic World Revolution" Is A New Idea Under Qutb
• Muslims Begun Returning To Jahilyya
• Muslims Forgotten Sense Of "Al-Taghallub" Or Superiority
• Projected His Wandering Hopelessness Into Usa, Prescribed Islam As Its Cure
• Qutb's Influence Similar To That Of Karl Marx And The Communist Manifesto
• Very Harsh Criticism Of Modernity
• Viewed West As Crusaders, Infected With Jahilyya, Basically As Diseased
• Western Collapse Caused By "Man-Centered" Modernity
• May 1964 Qutb was released from prison, but he was then rearrested in August 1965
• Qutb Jailed, Tortured, Sees Brothers Killed and Tortured Under Nasser
• Wrote Commentary on Qur'an
• Wrote Milestones
• Executed by hanging, 1966

1945-1982

• Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj (1954–82) took Qutb’s ideas one step further, claiming that the problem was not with Muslim societies but their kufr (unbeliever) governments and laws.
• The Egyptian published in 1977 his famous “The Neglected Duty”, urging individual Muslims to engage in violent jihad with the ultimate goal of creating the worldwide Caliphate.

1941-1989

• Saw Creation of Israel as 7-year old child in 1948
• Azzam Radicalized From 1967 War
• Fought in 1967 War against Israel
• Joins Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood 1968
• Attained Masters and PhD in Egypt 1970?-1973
• Unwanted in Jordan due to Black September
• Azzam Broke Ranks With Arafat's Secular PLO Movement
• Some Claim Azzam Radicalized And Influenced By Saudi Mufti Bin Baz
• Professor in Saudi Arabia, Meets Osama 1979
• Issues Fatwa "Defense of the Muslim Lands" 1979
• Azzam's First Prominent Act Was Fatwa Declaring Jihad Against Soviets In Afghanistan

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• Founded MAK (Maktab al-Khidamat) to wage jihad in Afghanistan 1984
• Azzam's Motto: "Jihad And Rifle Alone, No Negotiations, No Conferences, And No Dialogue"
• Global Fundraising Tour 1980s
• Says Battlefield Miracles Guiding Muhajideen 1980s
• Wrote article on extending scale of jihad 1987 "Join the Caravan"
• Wrote "The Lofty Mountain" 1989
• After Afghan War, Azzam Wanted Mujahideen To Liberate Kashmir & Pakistan, And Join With The Deobandis
• Assassinated, along with his two sons 1989

1951-

• Born in Cairo, 1951
• Sayyid Qutb Executed, 1966
• Yom Kippur War, 1973
• Iranian Revolution, 1979
• Mecca Seized, 1979
• Anwar Sadat Assassinated, October 6, 1981
• Imprisoned, in Conjunction with Sadat Assassination, 1981
• Imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood Spent Much Time Discussing Failure Of Sadat Assassination
• Imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood Drawn To Zawahiri From Wealth And He Fed Them Often
• Zawahiri, As A Prisoner In Egypt, Helped Out In Prison Hospital

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• Released from Egyptian Prison, 1984
• Zawahiri to Peshwar, Pakistan, 1986
• Worked with Abdullah Azzam, Recruiting Muhajideen, 1986-1989
• "Jihad Group" Created, Dr. Fadl Named Emir 1987
• First Founding Al Qaeda Meeting In Spring 1988 - Led By Zawahiri
• Zawahiri Visits Brooklyn Office of al Khifah 1989
• Al-Zawahiri Frequently Visits Bosnia, Works with Bosnian Muslim Politicians 1992-1994
• Zawahiri Discusses Bosnia War and Weapons Requirements with Iranian Government 1992
• Zawahiri Runs Bosnia Operations from Bulgaria 1994

1957-

• Osama born 1957
• Osama's Mother Was Syrian From "Heretical" Sect Of Alawism
• Osama's Mother Was Divorced By His Dad
• Osama Grew Up With Father, Strict Wahhabi Education
• Death Of Osama's Father When He Was 11 Years Old Might Have Produced Feeling Of Being An Outsider
• Radicalized at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Studied under Sayyid Qutb's brother, Muhammad Qutb
• Also studied under Abdullah Azzam
• Osama One Of First Arabs To Fly For Jihad In Afghanistan
• Osama Develops Ties with Pakistani ISI 1984
• Osama Elevated To Unofficial Ambassadorial Role In Afghanistan & Pakistan, For Saudis
• Osama's Real Talent In Afghanistan Was Logistical
• Osama Arranges to Split Opium "Tax" with ISI, mid-1980s
• First Founding Al Qaeda Meeting In Spring 1988 - Led By Zawahiri
• Osama Started To Organizing Jihadis Into An Actual Army In 1988
• Osama Did Not Attend Founding Meeting Of Al Qaeda (He Was In Jedda, Saudi Arabia)

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• Zawahiri Persuaded Osama To Split From Azzam
• Zawahiri Treating Osama's Bad Kidneys By 1989 At Least
• Osama Assumes Leadership of MAK, Following Assassination of Abdullah Azzam 1989
• Osama's Offer for 10,000 Fighters to Protect Saudi Arabia from Saddam Hussein Rejected 1990
• Osama Flees Saudi Arabia for Sudan 1991
• Soviet-Sponsored Afghan Govt Not Toppled Until 1992
• Seven Groups Of Mujahideen Started Fighting Each Other After Victory In Afghanistan
• Former Mujahideen Organized Coup Vs Libya, With Osama Bin Laden's Backing
• Gaddafi Issues Warrant For Osama's Arrest, After Failed Attempt To Kill Gaddafi
• Osama "Honored" To Accept 'terrorist' Label
• Osama Told Enemies His Nuclear Ambitions, Unlike Most Terrorists
• Osama: I Regard It A Sin Not To Use Nuclear Weapons Against Infidels
• Osama Gets A Fatwa On WMDs From Saudi Arabia
• Al-Fahd's Fatwa On WMDs References The Catapult As A WMD