8 Things That You Did Not Know About Usamah Bin Ladin 1 – He always lived within a very large family. He had 20 children of his own and he grew up having 51 brothers and sisters of which he was the 17th. 2 – He was a very tall man standing at 6’4 and was fond of playing volleyball in which his height helped him to be a standout player. When the Mujāhidīn would play volleyball in the camps it was said that every player wished that Usamah would be on his team. 3 – His father, Muhammad bin Ladin personally supplied the gold on the roof of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem as a gift to the Muslim Ummah. The family’s construction company worked on the largest ever expansions of the 2 most sacred mosques of Islam in Makkah and Madinah. 4 – His teacher Brian Fyfield-Shayler who taught him at Al-Thager school in Jeddah said about him “He would be one of the top fifty students of his age education-wise [in Saudi Arabia].” He was also known for his love of poetry, some of his own poetry has been published and has been highly praised. 5 – He was a fan of Arsenal Football club and attended 4 matches at Highsbury Stadium in North London during the 93-94 season. 6 – He was described by Michael Scheuer who was the Special Advisor to the Chief of the Bin Laden unit (CIA) as being “Pious, brave, generous, intelligent, charismatic, patient, a visionary, egalitarian and most of all, realistic.” 7 – Despite his immense wealth he lived a very simple life, preferring to use his wealth to support the Mujāhidīn. Having lived in some of the hottest and driest areas of the world he was known for his refusal to drink water with ice, seeing it as an unnecessary luxury. He gave up a billionare’s lifestyle to fight for Islam in some of the most rugged places on earth. 8 – The group which he lead was not originally known as Al-Qāʿidah, it was originally named ‘The Global Islamic Front for Fighting the Jews and the Crusaders’. The name Al-Qāʿidah (which means ‘The Base’ in Arabic) was later adopted referring to one of their bases which was used in the Jihād against the Soviets.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:54:09 +0000
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