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'''Ayman al-Zawahiri''' (1951-, a physician of Egyptian origin, is believed to be the deputy leader and principal operational planner of [[al-Qaeda]]. Born into a wealthy medical family, he trained as a pediatrician at [[al-Azhar University]]. | '''Ayman al-Zawahiri''' (1951-, a physician of Egyptian origin, is believed to be the deputy leader and principal operational planner of [[al-Qaeda]]. Born into a wealthy medical family, he trained as a pediatrician at [[al-Azhar University]]. | ||
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Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-, a physician of Egyptian origin, is believed to be the deputy leader and principal operational planner of al-Qaeda. Born into a wealthy medical family, he trained as a pediatrician at al-Azhar University. He displaced Abd al-Qadir bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz as leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad; the two have accused one another of plagiarism. He also claimed that Jamaat al-Islamiyya joined al-Qaeda; while members may have done so, the leadership disavowed a merger. While he is considered strategically and tactically skilled, his Islamist knowledge has been questioned. In 2001, he produced “Knights under the Prophet’s Banner,” extolling al-Qa’ida’s strategy, which derives from a number of Salafist writers, and (most notably those of Sayyid Qutb) gives his framework of his interpretation of jihad. [1] He is a believer in the theological doctrine of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’, rejecting any alliance with other than strict Muslims,[2] and takfir, the destruction of infidels and apostates. Al-Zawhiri met Osama bin Laden through Abdullah Azzam, in Pakistan. References
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