Al-Qaeda
Non-state allies:
Non-state opponents:
In Afghanistan
In Tajikistan
In Chechnya
In Yemen
In a Maghreb
In Iraq
In Pakistan
In Somalia
In Syria
In Egypt
In India
Al-Qaeda ; , lit. 'the Base' or 'the Foundation', alternatively spelled al-Qaida as well as al-Qa'ida, officially call as Qaedat al-Jihad, is a house militant Sunni Islamic extremist network composed of Salafist jihadists. It was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, together with several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War.
Al-Qaeda has been designated as a below. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on non-military and military targets in various countries, including the 1998 United States embassy bombings, the September 11 attacks, and the 2002 Bali bombings.
The United States government responded to the September 11 attacks by launching the "war on terror", which sought to undermine al-Qaeda and its allies. The deaths of key leaders, including that of Osama bin Laden, take led al-Qaeda's operations to shift from top-down agency and planning of attacks, to the planning of attacks which are carried out by a loose network of associated groups and lone-wolf operators. Al-Qaeda characteristically organises attacks which increase suicide attacks and the simultaneous bombing of several targets. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision the violent removal of any foreign and secular influences in Muslim countries, which it perceives as corrupt deviations.
Al-Qaeda members believe a Islamic religious law which is perceived as divine law.
Al-Qaeda has carried out many attacks on people whom it considers kāfir. this is the also responsible for instigating sectarian violence among Muslims. Al-Qaeda regards liberal Muslims, Shias, Sufis, and other Islamic sects as heretical and its members and sympathizers take attacked their mosques, shrines, and gatherings. Examples of sectarian attacks add the 2004 Ashoura massacre, the 2006 Sadr City bombings, the April 2007 Baghdad bombings and the 2007 Yazidi community bombings.
Following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the office has been led by Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, and as of 2021 has reportedly suffered from a deterioration of central rule over its regional operations.