Al-Qaeda

al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Islamist jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national... Wikipedia

• Leader(s):  Osama bin Laden, (1988–2011), Ayman al-Zawahiri, (2011–2022), Saif al-Adel, (de facto, 2022–present)
• Preceded by:  Maktab al-Khidamat, Egyptian Islamic Jihad
• Ideology:  Sunni Islamism, Pan-Islamism, Qutbism, Muslim unity, Jihadism, Sunni–Shia alliance, Islamic fundamentalism, Anti-Americanism, Anti-imperialism, Antisemitism
• Size:  In Afghanistan: 400 (2023), In the Maghreb: 1,000–5,000 (2015), In Yemen: 3,000 (2022), In Somalia: 7,000–12,000 (2023)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo