Al-Qaeda propagandists

Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A pan-Islamist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11) directly killed 2,977 victims, causing the global war on terror.

American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)

key member of al-Qaeda

Egyptian-born British Islamist terrorist

Islamic cleric, alleged al-Qaeda member

American Al-Qaeda member (1978–2015)

Member of al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda member (died 2011)

Moroccan-born Belgian Muslim activist known for her Islamist writings on the Internet

Syrian terrorist (1950-2016)

Saudi Arabian terrorist (1973-2013)