Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvichida boka rejihadist reSalafist rakakurumbira zvikurusa uye rinobudirira zvikurusa rakanga riri Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda yakatanga kubva kuMaktab al-Khidamat (MAK), kana kuti "Hofisi yeBasa", sangano revaMuslim rakagadzwa muna 1984 kuti riunganidze uye riise mari uye kuti riunganidze "mujahideen" vokune dzimwe nyika nokuda kwehondo yokurwisa maSoviet muAfghanistan. Yakagadzwa muPeshawar, Pakistan, naOsama bin Laden naAbdullah Yusuf Azzam. Sezvo zvakava pachena kuti jihad yakanga yamanikidza mauto eSoviet kusiya basa rawo muAfghanistan, vamwe "mujahideen" vakadaidzira kuti kuwedzerwa kwamabasa avo kubatanidze hondo dzechiIslam mudzimwe mativi enyika, uye Al Qaeda yakaumbwa nabin Laden pana August 11, 1988. Mitezo yaifanira kuita mhiko ("bayat") yokutevera vakuru vomunhu. Al-Qaeda yakasimbisa jihad mukurwisana ne"muvengi ari kure", nokudaro yaireva United States. Muna 1996, yakazivisa jihad yayo yokudzinga mauto okumwe nezvido zvawo zvavaiona senyika dzechiIslam, uye muna 1998, yakabudisa fatwa yaikumbira vaMuslim kuuraya vaAmerica navavakidzani vavo nguva ipi neipi uye kupi nokupi kwavaigona. Pakati pezviito zvaro zvoutsinye zvikuru paiva ne
Bhomba ra1998 pamahofisi eU.S. muDar es Salaam neNairobi rakauraya vanhu vanopfuura 200; uye kurwisa kwaSeptember 11, 2001 kwakauraya vanhu vanenge 3000 uye kwakakonzera kukuvara kwemabhiriyoni akawanda emadhora.