Encyclopedia of Islam

Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

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and logistical support to those fighting the Soviets 

in Afghanistan.

Making his way to the United States after the 

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988, Abd 

al-Rahman continued preaching jihad against 

non-Muslim powers. Following the Gulf War of 

1991, he, like some other veterans of anti-Soviet 

resistance in Afghanistan, turned his attention to 

the United States. In 1996, he was found guilty of 

orchestrating the 1993 attacks on the World Trade 

Center from his 

mosqUe

 in New Jersey. He is serv-

ing life in prison for this crime.

See also 

Jihad

 

movements

.

Caleb Elfenbein