Usāma Bin Lādin
Usāma Bin Lādin (1957-2011) was the Saudi Arabian co-founder and leader of the international terror organization al-Qāʿida.
ʿAbdallāh ʿAzzām
ʿAbdallāh ʿAzzām (1941-1989) was a Palestinian jihadist ideologue and a co-founding member of The Service Bureau.
Anwar al-ʿAwlaqī
Anwar al-ʿAwlaqī (1971-2011) was an American/Yemeni Islamic scholar and a high-ranking member of al-Qāʿida in Yemen.
Yūsuf al-ʿAyīrī
Yūsuf bin Ṣāliḥ bin Fahd al-ʿAyīrī (1973-2003) was the first leader of al-Qāʿida in Saudi Arabia.
Ibn Khaṭṭāb
Ibn Khaṭṭāb (1959-2002) was a Saudi Arabian foreign fighter in the First- and Second Chechen War.
Abū Muṣʿab al-Zarqāwī
Abū Muṣʿab al-Zarqāwī (1966-2006) was a Jordanian jihadist militant and the leader of al-Qāʿida in Iraq.
Abū Muḥammad al-ʿAdnānī
Abū Muḥammad al-ʿAdnānī (1977-2016) was the official spokesperson and a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS).
ʿAbd Allāh Bin Nāṣir al-Rashūd
ʿAbd Allāh Bin Muḥammad al-Rashūd (1973-2005) was a Saudi Arabian member of al-Qāʿida in Iraq.
ʿAbd al-Qāḍir Bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
ʿAbd al-Qādir Bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (1950 - present) also known as “Dr. Faḍl” is an Egyptian jihadist theologian and former member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
Ḥamūd al-ʿAqlāʾ al-Shuʿaybī
Hamūd Bin ʿAqlāʾ al-Shuʿaybī (1927 – 2001) was a conservatice Saudi Arabian cleric quoted several times by Usāma Bin Lādin.