al-Qaeda ( Larabci: القاعدة‎ , al-qāʿidah, "tushe"), ƙungiya ce ta Musulunci mai ɗauke da makamai wacce aka fara tsakanin watan Agusta 1988 da ƙarshen 1989. p75 Tana aiki ne azaman hanyar sadarwa, a matsayin rundunar da ba ta da ƙasa, kuma mai tsattsauran ra'ayi Sunni Muslim ƙungiyar na kira ga duniya zuwa ga Jihad . Mafi yawan duniya suna zaton ƙungiyar Takfiriyya ce da ta 'yan ta'adda . Membobin al-Qaeda sun aikata ta'addanci da yawa . Yawancin waɗannan an yi su ne ga Amurka da Shias. Wasu daga cikin sanannun hare-harenta sune hare-haren 11 ga Satumba, fashewar boma-bomai a ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka a Kenya da Tanzania a 1998, da harin da aka kaiwa jirgin ruwan Sojan ruwan Amurka USS Cole a 2000. al-Qaeda ta yi harin kunar bakin wake da lokaci daya ( a lokaci guda) fashewar bama-bamai daban-daban. Daga cikin burin ƙungiyar ta Al-Qaeda shi ne sauran ƙasashe su daina yin tasiri a ƙasashen Musulmi sannan kuma a yi sabon halifancin Musulunci.