Al Qaeda's creation can be tracked to the Soviet Afghan War of 1979. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Abdullah Azam who was Bin Laden's mentor, declared that Muslims from around the world needed to help their Afghan brothers and sisters. Azam also suggested, that Muslims that did not do so were not meeting fard ayn obnligation to Islam. Thus in his view, and I stress his view, Muslims were either with his interpretation of ISlam or against it. Sometimes, people interpret religious text for personal gain. Sometimes such a person gains followers to his cause. Remember Paul Hill and the Army of God and their views on killing abortion doctors? Azam's writings can be found in unit 4.