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Mullah (/ ˈ m ʌ l ə, ˈ m ʊ l ə, ˈ m uː l ə /) is an honorific title for Muslim clergy and mosque leaders. [1] The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law .
Spanish Muslims proclaimed a fatwa against Osama bin Laden in March 2005 [21] issued by Mansur Escudero Bedate, Secretary General of the Islamic Commission of Spain. The ruling says that Bin Laden and "his" al-Qaeda had abandoned their religion and should thus be called "al-Qaeda terrorists" without using the adjective "Islamic". The fatwa ...
Osama bin Laden [a] (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda, a militant terrorist organization espousing Islamism, pan-Islamism and jihadism.
The title of Ayatollah (and other Iranian Shi'i titles) has been "cheapened" since then. [1] [15] [5] Roy Mottahedeh describes how the title of ayatollah was determined in the mid to late 20th century. Only the titles 'jurisconsult' and 'model for imitation' (marja' al-taqlid) had fixed meaning. Otherwise titles ... really expressed the ...
Fazal Hayat [1] (1974 – 15 June 2018), more commonly known by his pseudonym Mullah Fazlullah (Pashto/Urdu: ملا فضل اللہ), [4] was an Islamist jihadist militant who was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, and was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Swat Valley.
[44] [61] [62] In a written statement circulated in a one-page Urdu-language pamphlet, the three affirmed that they would put aside differences to fight American-led forces and reasserted their allegiance to Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden. [44] [61] However, the SIM did not last very long and collapsed shortly after its announcement. [59] [63]
It’s been more than 22 years since 9/11 and more than 12 since Osama bin Laden’s death. But the al-Qaida leader’s open “Letter to America” attempting to justify the Sept. 11, 2001 ...
Osama bin Laden, originally from a wealthy family in Saudi Arabia, was a prominent organizer and financier of an all-Arab Islamist group of foreign volunteers; his Maktab al-Khadamat funnelled money, arms, and Muslim fighters from around the Muslim world into Afghanistan, with the assistance and support of the Saudi and Pakistani governments.