by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
Lessons Learned and Taught In the second edition of his autobiography – Knights Under the Banner of the Prophet – Zawahiri comes to a logical mid-point in this the first part of his narrative: September 11th. As a I noted here, Knights isn’t a linear...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jul 5, 2012 | Monitor
Update [7/5]: After reading the passage again, I've added the preceding paragraph [in blue], because it enhances Zawahiri's primary argument – trust and dedication matter. On another note: I received several comments on the quality of the grammar and...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | May 27, 2012 | Monitor
Zawahiri Describes the Afghan Camp ComplexIn Chapter 4 Section 4 of the 2d edition of his spiritual autobiography, Knights Under the Banner of the Prophet, Ayman al-Zawahiri describes the training camp complex that had developed throughout Afghanistan during the chaos...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | May 27, 2012 | Monitor
Zawahiri’s Personal Theology of Risk In Section 2 of the Afghanistan chapters of his autobiography, Knights Under the Banner of the Prophet (2d ed), Ayman al-Zawahiri tells of the origins of the al-Qaeda’s efforts to unify the various Afghanistan-based “mujahideen”...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Feb 28, 2012 | Monitor
Unity and Disunity With the passing of years, I became more aware of the urgent need for unity in the Islamic action and of the fact that it is incumbent upon the mujahidin who are bounded by a pure creed to join ranks, to be more flexible in dealing with other...
