Al Qaeda and its connection to the Philippines
As we transitioned from the turmoil of the second world war in 1945, terrorism has taken its place as the new global threat of the 21st century. Although terrorism that is associated with jihad can be traced back to the advent of the crusade in the 11 th century, its practice by certain extremist groups today would be regarded as highly immoral and unethical in the context of modern society. A l Qaeda, an Arabic term which translates as a “base of operation”, a “precept” or a “method” that was founded by Osama Bin Laden in 1988, has been known as the seat of the terrorist organization in the world since the infamous 9/11 attack in the United States. The said ‘organization’ came into the mind of Bin Laden when the late Sheik Abdullah Azzam recruited him to join the guerilla insurgents who fought against the Soviet Union in a nine-year Soviet-Afghan war that commenced in 1979. However, their role as participants were not fighters themselves but used their extensive connections to provid