Notes on Abdullah Azam

• Abdullah Azam was an important leader in the al Ikwan al Muslimoon or Moslem Brotherhood. In 1973 Azzm received his doctorate from Cairo's al-Azhar University. Following that he taught Islamic sharia law for a short time in Jordan.
• He had been a Professor at Abd al-Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where Usama Bin Laden was one of his students.
• Abdullah Azam was the Moslem Brotherhood leader in Peshawar. He was very close with Osama Bin Laden and Mujaheddin leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. He was assassinated (bomb) in Peshawar in 1989 with his two sons.
• Bin Laden took over Azam’s Moslem Brotherhood and creates al-Qaeda.
• Something bothers me about Azam. Bin Laden stayed in line with US/Saudi policy until about the time of Azam's death. I am curious as to who killed Azam and why?
• In the year since I wrote thart I have pondered the death of Abdullah Azzam. Now I have come accross some new clues. UBL and Azzasm split in about 1988. Azzam was not Wahabi UBL was. UBL was seaking to control the Pakistan/Afghanistan efforts of the MAK (Maktab al-Khidimat). I am forced to conclude that Azzam was murdered by Usama Bin Laden. I believe that Azzam resisted Usama Bin Laden's efforts to take over the al Ikwan al Muslimoon or Moslem Brotherhood. With the protection of the Saudis and the USA UBL was able to murder Azzam and take over the Moslem Brotherhood operation in Pakistan.

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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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