Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Is bin Laden the End of Terrorism? - The Dilemma of Islamic Jihad


Osama bin Laden is no more. The official announcement came on May 1st, 2011 when President Obama revealed to the world that the U.S. has captured and killed the leader of Al Qaeda via a covert operation conducted by the NAVY Seal and the CIA. However, as a former Muslim myself, who was born and raised in Saudi Arabia in the same town where bin Laden lived, who was an acquaintance and a close friend with some of bin Laden’s family and cousins, who once was radical and at some point, almost joined in with bin Laden’s effort to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, I asked myself this very important question: DID WE WIN THE WAR ON TERROR? [more...]

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