What does Al-Qaeda want?

What does Al-Qaeda want?

Jason Burke (Author) gives expert video advice on: What is Al-Qaeda?; What does Al-Qaeda want?; When was Al-Qaeda formed? and more...

It's difficult often to say what Al-Qaeda want. They talk about a collifat, they talk about establishing a form of global Islamic state certainly within those lines of which are traditionally claimed historically as Muslim. It's very easy to establish what they don't want. They see themselves and they say the Islamic world is generally under attack from an alliance of western largely powers that are set on dividing, humiliating and exploiting Muslims around the world. That is the basis of their world view and they see themselves as fighting back against that.