Historical Background

Al-Qaeda grew out of the Services Office, a clearinghouse for the international Muslim brigade opposed to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In the 1980s, the Services Office--run by bin Laden and the Palestinian religious scholar Abdullah Azzam--recruited, trained, and financed thousands of foreign mujahadeen, or holy warriors, from more than fifty countries. Bin Laden wanted these fighters to continue the "holy war" beyond Afghanistan.

If you want to know more, you can visit the following links. They contain a lot of information, and they are quite reliable:

 1- Al-Qaeda
 2- Background information
 3- Yihad information

Here below, we have added a presentation that explains the basics of Al-Qäida. We hope you enjoy it.

al-Qaeda & bin Laden

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