AL QAEDA AN OUTGROWTH OF POLITICAL ISLAM

Al Qaeda an Outgrowth of Political Islam

Al Qaeda an Outgrowth of Political Islam

Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda terrorist network have conducted the sophisticated public relations campaign and media over past ten years through the series of faxed statements, audio recordings, video presentations, and Internet postings.1 Terrorism analysts believe that these messages are designed to elicit psychological reactions and communicate complex political messages to the global audience and to specific populations in Islamic world, United States, Europe and Asia. Bin Laden and his deputies have personally stated their belief in importance of harnessing power of international media and regional benefit of Al Qaeda, and central management structure of Al Qaeda has offered the dedicated media and committee Communications with task of issuing reports and statements in support of operations group. 2 Some officials and analysts believe that Al Qaeda messages contain signals that inform and instruct operatives to prepare and carry out new attacks.

Bin Laden has referred to his public statements as important primary sources of parties that seek to understand ideology of Al Qaeda and political demands. Through his public statements over past ten years, Bin Laden has portrayed himself as well as leader of the coherent ideological movement and strategic commander willing to tailor his violent messages and acts to meet certain political circumstances and influence specific audiences and events. Global operations against terrorism following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks appear to have limited Bin Laden's ability to provide command and control leadership to Al Qaeda and affiliated groups. However, he and other leaders of Al Qaeda will continue to release statements that sanction, encourage and provide guidance for future terrorist operations.

At that time, Bin Laden expressed no solidarity or sympathy for Saddam Hussein or his regime, explaining - "We, as Muslims, do not like Iraqi regime but we think Iraqi people and their children are our brothers and we care for their future. " Fisk, (continued. ..) Al Qaeda: Statements Founding Principles 1994-2001. Osama Bin Laden's experiences as the financial and logistical coordinator for Afghan and Arab resistance to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan during 1980's believed that backdrop of his belief that Muslims could take effective action inspired by select military principles Islamic. Their exposure to teachings of conservative Islamist scholars in Saudi Arabia and his work with Arab militants in Afghanistan provided theological and ideological basis of his belief in desirability of puritanical Islamic Salafist reform in Muslim societies and need for armed resistance against perceived aggression -. "Defensive jihad", the concept Al Qaeda has been associated with communal binding Islamic principle known as 4 After Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990; Bin Laden expressed these views against introduction foreign military forces in Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden is characterized presence of U.S. troops and other non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia after Gulf War of 1991 as the result of the renewed commitment to defensive jihad and promotion of violence against government of Saudi Arabia and United ...