Abstract: * Contents * Contributors * Note on the Translation * general introduction: Al Qaeda, the Essentials Gilles Kepel Part I: Osama Bin Laden * Introduction: Osama Bin Laden, the Iconic Orator Omar Saghi * The Companions Den (Excerpts) * Declaration of Jihad against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries (Excerpts) * Interview with CNN (Excerpts) * World Islamic Front Statement Urging Jihad against Jews and Crusaders * Interview with Al-Jazeera (Excerpts) * Tactical Recommendations (Excerpts) * Second Letter to the Muslims of Iraq * Message to the American People Part II: Abdallah Azzam * Introduction: Abdallah Azzam, the Imam of Jihad Thomas Hegghammer * The Defense of Muslim Territories Constitutes the First Individual Duty (Excerpts) * Join the Caravan (Excerpts) * Morals and Jurisprudence of Jihad (Excerpts) * To the Young Muslims of the United States (Excerpts) * The Solid Base (Excerpts) Part III: Ayman Al-Zawahiri * Introduction: Ayman al-Zawahiri, Veteran of Jihad Stephane Lacroix * Bitter Harvest: Sixty Years of the Muslim Brotherhood (Excerpts) * Advice to the Community to Reject the Fatwa of Sheikh Bin Baz Authorizing Parliamentary Representation (Excerpts) * Knights under the Prophet's Banner (Excerpts) * Loyalty and Separation: Changing an Article of Faith and Losing Sight of Reality (Excerpts) Part IV: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi * Introduction: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jihad in Mesopotamia Jean-Pierre Milelli * Letter to Bin Laden and Zawahiri (Excerpts) * Notes * Index
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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