Abdullah Azzam
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Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam ( 1941 – 24 November 1989) also known as the Father of Global Jihad was a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian and founding member of al-Qaeda. Azzam preached both defensive and offensive jihad by Muslims to help the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet invaders.
Azzam was a teacher and mentor of Osama bin Laden and persuaded bin Laden to come to Afghanistan and help the jihad. As the war drew to an end, they both established al-Qaeda. He was also a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Azzam was killed by a car bomb while within Peshawar, Pakistan in 1989.
Azzam was a teacher and mentor of Osama bin Laden and persuaded bin Laden to come to Afghanistan and help the jihad. As the war drew to an end, they both established al-Qaeda. He was also a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Azzam was killed by a car bomb while within Peshawar, Pakistan in 1989.
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The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
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2008
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Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
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2012
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