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Al-Kaida

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Àmì ìdánimọ̀ Al-Kaida
al-Qaeda
القاعدة
Dates of operation1988–present
LeaderOsama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Active region(s)Global
IdeologyIslamism
Islamic fundamentalism
Sunni Islam[1]
Pan-Islamism
Salafism
Wahabism
Qutbism
StatusDesignated as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department[2]
Designated as Proscribed Group by the UK Home Office[3]
Designated as terrorist group by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy[4]
Size500 – 1,000 operatives (2001)[5]

Al-Kaida (pípè /ælˈkaɪdə/ al-KYE-də tabi /ælˈkeɪdə/ al-KAY-də; Lárúbáwá: القاعدة‎, al-qāʿidah, "ibudo"), bakanna bi Al-Keida ati nigba miran bi Al-Ka'ida, je egbe asemale to je didasile lasiko kan larin August 1988[6] ati opin 1989.[7]



  1. Atwan 2006, p. 40
  2. "Foreign Terrorist Organizations List". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2002-10-02. Retrieved 2007-08-03. USSD Foreign Terrorist Organization
  3. "Terrorism Act 2000". Home Office. Retrieved 2007-08-14. Terrorism Act 2000
  4. "Council Decision". Council of the European Union. Archived from the original on 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2007-08-14. 
  5. "The Al Qaeda Clubhouse: Members lacking, By Ken Silverstein (Harper's Magazine)". Harpers.org. Retrieved 2010-03-22. 
  6. Bergen 2006, p. 75.
  7. United States District Court, Southern District of New York (February 6, 2001). "Testimony of Jamal Ahmad Al-Fadl". United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., defendants. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14. Retrieved 2008-09-03.