ABSTRACT

Abstract

Osama bin Laden was a terrorist extremist who was believed to have masterminded the twin attacks on the World Trade Center with the intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world. Suffice to put that Bin Laden had had western training and a whole lot of his life was spent with and among scholars of Islam where he had his Islamic training and a full study of the Quaran (which among other things is regarded as Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammed (SAW), but the later life of Laden was espoused to Westernization, where his whole psyche was touched and therefore, it will further suffice to put that his acts and actions in the concluding part of his life was as a result of his interaction and indeed immersion into western culture. The thrust of this article therefore would, among other things discuss the early life of Osama, his many beliefs and ideologies would also be considered. More so, his military adventures and machination would in this article receive attention.