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The Statements of Osama Bin Laden

By: Osama bin Laden

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The Statements of Osama Bin Laden

By: Osama bin Laden

Despite the saturation of global media coverage, Osama bin Laden's own writings have been curiously absent from analysis of the "war on terror." Over the last ten years, bin Laden has issued a series of carefully tailored public statements, from interviews with Western and Arabic journalists to faxes and video recordings. These texts supply evidence crucial to an understanding of the bizarre mix of Quranic scholarship, CIA training, punctual interventions in Gulf politics and messianic anti-imperialism that has formed the programmatic core of Al Qaeda. In bringing together the various statements issued under bin Laden's name since 1994, this volume forms part of a growing discourse that seeks to demythologize the terrorist network. Newly translated from the Arabic, annotated with a critical introduction by Islamic scholar Bruce Lawrence, this collection places the statements in their religious, historical and political context. It shows how bin Laden's views draw on and differ from other strands of radical Islamic thought; it also demonstrates how his arguments vary in degrees of consistency, and how his evasions concerning the true nature and extent of his own group, and over his own role in terrorist attacks, have contributed to the perpetuation of his personal mythology.

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The Al Qaeda Reader

The Essential Texts of Osama Bin Laden's Terrorist Organization

By: Raymond Ibrahim

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The Essential Texts of Osama Bin Laden's Terrorist Organization

By: Raymond Ibrahim

What do our enemies believe? What motivates their war against the West? What is their vision of the ideal Islamic society? Surprisingly, more than five years after 9/11, there is very little understanding of these questions. Despite our tendency to dismiss Islamic extremism as profoundly irrational, al-Qaeda is not without a coherent body of beliefs. Like other totalitarian movements, the movement’s leaders have rationalized their brutality in a number of published treatises. Now, for the first time, The Al Qaeda Reader gathers together the essential texts and documents that trace the origin, history, and evolution of the ideas of al-Qaeda founders Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden. This extraordinary collection of the key texts of the al-Qaeda movement—including incendiary materials never before translated into English—lays bare the minds, motives, messages, and ultimate goals of an enemy bent on total victory. Al-Qaeda’s chilling ideology calls for a relentless jihad against non-Muslim “infidels,” repudiates democracy in favor of Islamic law, stresses the importance of martyrdom, and mocks the notion of “moderate” Islam. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of these works is how grounded they are in the traditional sources of Islamic theology: the Koran and the teachings of the Prophet. The founders of al-Qaeda use these sources as powerful weapons of persuasion, reminding followers (and would-be recruits) that Muhammad and his warriors spread Islam through the power of the sword and that the Koran is not merely allegory or history but literal truth that commands all Muslims to action. In addition to laying bare al-Qaeda’s ultimate motives, The Al Qaeda Reader includes the organization’s propagandist speeches, which are directed primarily at Americans, Europeans, and Iraqis. Here, al-Qaeda’s many "official" accusations against the West are meticulously delineated, from standard complaints such as the Palestinian issue and Iraq to wholly unexpected ones concerning the U.S.’s exploitation of women and the environment. Taken together, the Theology and Propaganda sections of this volume reveal the most comprehensive picture of al-Qaeda to date. They also highlight the double-speak of bin Laden and Zawahiri, who often say one thing to Muslims in their religious treatises ("We must hate and fight the West because Islam commands it") and another in their propaganda directed at the West ("The West is the aggressor and we are fighting back merely in self-defense"). Westerners from across the political spectrum will be fascinated and enlightened by The Al Qaeda Reader’s insights into the nature of Islamic texts and the ways in which al-Qaeda has used these texts to manufacture hatred against our civilization and our way of life.

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Crown

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076792262X

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9780767922623

Jihad

Bin Laden in His Own Words : Declarations, Interviews, and Speeches

By: Osama Bin Laden,Brad K. Berner

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Jihad

Bin Laden in His Own Words : Declarations, Interviews, and Speeches

By: Osama Bin Laden,Brad K. Berner

There is no denying the fact that when Bin Laden speaks, the people across the world, particularly the Western media, usually ask Is he really alive? Where is he? What did he say? A curiosity to know more about him yet remains.The present book aims at ca

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Peacock Books

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Messages to the World

The Statements of Osama Bin Laden

By: Osama bin Laden

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Bin Laden in His Own Words : Declarations, Interviews, and Speeches

By: Osama Bin Laden,Brad K. Berner

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Bin Laden in His Own Words : Declarations, Interviews, and Speeches

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Mensajes al mundo

los manifiestos de Osama Bin Laden

By: Osama Bin Laden

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los manifiestos de Osama Bin Laden

By: Osama Bin Laden

Nos encontramos ante una completa recopilación del discurso del hombre más temido por Estados Unidos. Dicen de él que ha cambiado la concepción clasica del conflicto, convirtiéndo la guerra en un sistema asimétrico que ha encontrado el talón de Aquiles de la potencia militar de Estados Unidos. La sucesión de manifiestos, entrevistas y cartas recogidas en el libro constituye un claro alegato en favor de la yihad contra el imperialismo americano. Todo ello comentado y anotado con referencias al mundo islámico por el experto en islam Bruce Lawrence.

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