In this Arabic name, the surname is bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden

‫أسا‌مة بن ال‌د‌ن‬
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Bin Laden, c. 1997–98
1st General Emir of al-Qaeda
In offe in Oxford, England, during 1971.[44] One source described him as "hard
working";[45] another said he left university during his third year without
completing a college degree.[46] At university, bin Laden's main interest was
religion, where he was involved in both "interpreting the Quran and jihad" and
charitable work.[47] Other interests included writing poetry;[48] reading, with the
works of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and Charles de Gaulle said to be among
his favorites; black stallions; and association football, in which he enjoyed
playing at centre forward and followed the English club Arsenal.[49]

Bin Laden believed that the Islamic world was in crisis and that the complete
restoration of Sharia law would be the only way to set things right in the Muslim
world. He opposed such alternatives as secular government,[67] as well as pan-
Arabism, socialism, communism, and democracy.[68] He subscribed to the Athari
(literalist) school of Islamic theology.[69]

These beliefs, in conjunction with violent jihad, have sometimes been called
Qutbism after being promoted by Sayyid Qutb.[70] Bin Laden believed that
Afghanistan, under the rule of Mullah Omar's Taliban, was "the only Islamic
country" in the Muslim world.[71] Bin Laden consistently dwelt on the need for
violent jihad to right what