A Militant Sunni Islamist Multi-National Organization “ Al- Qaeda”
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Abstract

This document contains a reflection on the Muslim popular organization Al-Qaeda, which was formed to implement Islamic laws in the world. It is called “the jihadi group”. There are some questions related to this group which will be explained briefly under this reflection, what is Al-Qaeda? what is its main objective? 9/11 attacks?

Introduction:

Al-Qaeda was established by Osama Bin Laden in 1988, towards the end of the war in Afghanistan. The meaning of Al-Qaeda is “the base”. Al-Qaeda’s principal objective was to establish a governing structure throughout the world according to the principle of Islam. It is also called a “Jihadi Group”. The group leader is in Arab but as Al-Qaeda moves its headquarters from Sudan to Afghanistan in 1996, the group has various Pashtuns.

Main Objective of Al-Qaeda:

Al-Qaeda was established according to Islamic jihadi principles. The only objective of this group was to establish a governing structure or regimes according to the principle of Islam. Because according to Al-Qaeda’s leadership when there are Islamic laws no other laws are needed.

9/11 Attacks:

Osama Bin Laden’s longstanding threats to strike the US came to fruition on 9/11, 2001. subsequently issued several statements confirming Al Qaeda’s responsibility for the attacks on New York and Washington. Following a longtime pattern, bin Laden acknowledged his support for the hijackers and repeated his claim that strikes on American targets should be viewed by Muslims and Americans as a defensively motivated response to perceived American aggression within the Islamic world. Statements attributed to bin Laden and Al Zawahiri since 2001 have promised further attacks and sought to justify Al Qaeda’s targeting of yank and British civilians by arguing that Western societies are morally corrupt, recent democratic reform and human rights initiatives are insincere or bankrupt, and American and British civilians should be held in charge of the policies of their democratically elected governments within the Middle East that Al Qaeda finds objectionable or unjust.

Several Al Qaeda statements have addressed the motives for the 1998 Embassy bombings and other terrorist operations, but relatively few statements are made regarding Al Qaeda’s strategic goals in planning and executing the 9/11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. A text attributed to Al Qaeda military commander Saif al Adel released in May 2005 identifies three primary objectives for the 9/11 attacks. The main objective in perpetrating the 9/11 attacks was to hold out a harmful strike against the US in retaliation for its perceived aggression within the Islamic world. Al Adl indicates that within the opinion of Al Qaeda’s leadership, this primary objective was “partially achieved,” although “other strikes” would have had a greater impact if that they had been successful. However, Al Adel doesn’t identify specific planned attacks which are disrupted since September 2001.

Al-Qaeda and Pakistan:

In late August 2002, FRONTLINE’s producers traveled to Pakistan, an important U.S. ally within the war on terrorism. In their four weeks traveling and filming there from the capital Islamabad to the northwest border region, from Faisalabad to the urban centers of Lahore and Karachi, they experienced a rustic seething with the anti-American sentiment, where popular support for Al Qaeda and therefore the Taliban has deep roots.

In his interview with FRONTLINE, Pakistan’s President, General Pervez Musharraf, admits that Al Qaeda members crossed over into his country from Afghanistan during the U.S. bombing campaign. it’s been widely reported that sympathetic Pashtun tribesmen in Pakistan’s northwest border regions helped smuggle Al Qaeda leaders including, many believe, Osama bin Laden himself out of Afghanistan and into the remote and lawless tribal areas, which are off-limits to U.S. troops and foreign journalists.

After the September 11 attacks on the U.S, and President George W. Bush’s ultimatum, Musharraf took the politically risky path of supporting the U.S. campaign against the Taliban, offering the utilization of Pakistani airbases and airspace. But Musharraf is walking a tightrope. He must pursue Al Qaeda in Pakistan vigorously enough to convince the U.S. that he’s cooperating within the war on terror, yet he must avoid strengthening the hand of spiritual conservatives who feel for Al Qaeda and therefore the Taliban or maybe provoking an armed rebellion by Pakistan’s powerful jihadi armies. within the October 2002 parliamentary elections, religious conservatives won 22 percent of the seats contested compared to only four seats within the previous election in 1997.

Conclusion:

Al-Qaeda was formed for the implementation of Islamic laws it was called a “jihadi group” but due to many reasons now it is recognized as a terrorist group the main reason behind this is the 9/11 attacks. After the 9/11 attacks, the US declared it, the biggest terrorism mastermind. So, Al-Qaeda lost all his position in the eyes of the world. This only promotes the concept of self-sacrifice. It’s also not a movement that has been ready to establish itself within the way that groups like Hamas in Gaza have or Hezbollah in Lebanon, where they have been ready to establish deep roots in society and build political organizations and build social services. It’s a corporation that also remains almost entirely dedicated to violence and isn’t a part of the daily lives of the many of the people it claims to steer and eventually, Al-Qaeda’s goal is to force the US out of the center East and to undermine and weaken within the US. And it simply hasn’t done so. The US still plays an outsized role in Middle Eastern politics. The U.S. economy, the U.S. form of government have their ups and downs, but they’re really not linked to Al-Qaeda or a minimum of not since the 9/11 attacks, then in its basic fundamental goal, it certainly hasn’t succeeded. And it’s going to even be worse off than where it started.