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al_Qaeda

al-Qaeda

See also: Al Qaeda

English

Flag of the organization:
لا إله إلا اللّٰه محمد رسول اللّٰه

Alternative forms

al-Qaida

Proper noun

al-Qaeda ‎(uncountable)

A worldwide network of militant Sunni Islamic organizations and individuals.
al-Qaeda often kills non-Muslim and non-Sunni civilians.

Derived terms

Derived terms

al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
AQ

Coordinate terms

Boko Haram

See also

al-CIAda

Translations

The global network of militant Islamic extremists.

Arabic: اَلْقَاعِدَة f ‎(al-qāʿida)
Armenian: Ալ Ղաիդա ‎(Al Łaida)
Basque: Al-Kaida
Catalan: Al-Qaida
Chinese:
Mandarin: 基地組織 (zh), 基地组织 (zh) ‎(Jīdì-zǔzhī), 阿凱達組織, 阿凯达组织 ‎(Ākǎidá-zǔzhī), 開打組織, 开打组织 ‎(Kāidǎ-zǔzhī), 蓋達組織, 盖达组织 ‎(Gàidá-zǔzhī)
Danish: Al-Qaida
Dutch: Al Qaida
Esperanto: Al-Kaida
Finnish: al-Qaida
French: Al-Qaida (fr)
Galician: Al Qaida
German: Al-Qaida (de) f
Hebrew: אל־קאעידה f ‎(al-ka‘ida)
Hungarian: al-Kaida
Icelandic: Al-Kaída
Ido: Al-Kaida
Indonesian: Al-Qaeda
Italian: al-Qaida

Japanese: アルカーイダ ‎(Arukāida)
Korean: 알카에다 ‎(Alkaeda)
Kurdish: El-Qaîde
Latin: Alcaeda
Luxembourgish: Al-Qaida
Malay: Al Qaeda
Norwegian: al-Qaida
Pashto: القاعدې
Persian: القاعده ‎(alghâde)
Polish: Al-Kaida
Portuguese: al-Qaeda
Romanian: al-Qaida
Russian: Аль-Ка́ида (ru) f ‎(Alʹ-Káida)
Serbo-Croatian:

Roman: al-Kaida, Al-Kaida f, al-Qaeda f

Cyrillic: ал-Каида f
Slovak: Al-Káida
Slovene: Al Kaida
Spanish: Al Qaida
Swedish: al-Qaida
Turkish: El Kaide (tr)
Urdu: القاعدہ
Vietnamese: Al-Qaeda
Welsh: Al-Qaeda
West Frisian: Al Kaida