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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hyaenidae" data-source="post: 30802949" data-attributes="member: 530392">Here is a summary of key terrorist organization leaders from the year 2000 and their religious faiths, based on comprehensive research and authoritative sources:Major Groups and Leaders (circa 2000)1. Al-Qaeda<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Osama bin Laden (Leader until 2011): Sunni Muslim, affiliated with Salafi jihadism, influenced by Wahhabism and Qutbism. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ayman al-Zawahiri (Succeeded bin Laden): Sunni Muslim, Salafi-jihadist, also influenced by Qutbist ideology.</li> </ul>2. Taliban<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mullah Mohammed Omar (Founder): Sunni Muslim, Deobandi branch, which is fundamentalist but distinct from Salafism.</li> </ul>3. ISIS (aka Islamic State, started as Al-Qaeda in Iraq)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (early 2000s): Sunni Muslim, Salafist-jihadist. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (leader from 2010): Sunni Muslim, Salafi-jihadist.</li> </ul>4. Hezbollah<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary-General since 1992): Shi'a Muslim, Twelver Shiism, closely linked to Iran’s Shia clerical establishment.</li> </ul>5. Hamas<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (Spiritual Leader, killed 2004): Sunni Muslim, tied to the Muslim Brotherhood with a more traditionalist (not Salafi-jihadist) foundation.</li> </ul>6. Other Notable Groups and Figures (2000s)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abdullah Ocalan (PKK, Kurdish Workers Party): Officially secular/Marxist-Leninist (PKK is not defined by Islam). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abu Sayyaf Group (Philippines)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Khadaffy Janjalani: Sunni Muslim, Salafi-jihadist movement.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jemaah Islamiyah (Southeast Asia)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abu Bakar Bashir: Sunni Muslim, aligned with Salafism and radical Islamism.</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote>

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