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al Qaeda  

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  • Al-Qa'ida (al Qaeda) is a Sunni Islamist group that espouses a radical “jihadist Salafist” ideology and relies predominantly on terrorist tactics in its pursuit of a global Islamic supremacist agenda. The group is best known for its association with the highly destructive “suicide” terrorist attacks using hijacked passenger jetliners in New York City and Washington, D.C., on September, 11, 2001. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Al Qaeda]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XX62JD5W-3

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