moedjaheddin is what you calll people that fight in the name of Islam. So Al-Qaeda are
moedjaheddin. But after the Soviet war in Afghanistan themoedjaheddin splinter cells eventually formed Al-Qaeda.
The Afghan Mujahedin (i.e. fighters of Jihad) were the forces the existed in Afghanistan in the 1970s and 1980s. They were led by Osama bin Laden. However, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, they began to coalesce into an organization devoted to continuing the Jihad, but against the United States. This would require a different organization style since a guerrilla war was not going to work to target a distant power. This was the formation of al-Qaeda. Since most of the same people shifted into this new organization and it was also led by Osama bin Laden, people view the Afghan Mujahedin as the start of al-Qaeda.
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People's Mujahedin of Iran was created on 1965-09-05.
The Mujahedin were the main rebel group opposed to the Soviets and their puppet government in Kabul.
The Afghan Mujahedin were the most organized and successful resistance fighting against the Soviet Union and the spread of Communism in Afghanistan. Since the US was opposed to such advancement, it supported the Mujahedin. When the Soviet threat departed, the US stopped supporting the Mujahedin. The quick break between these two groups alienated Osama bin Laden, the leader of the Mujahedin, who then decided to organize the remaining Mujahedin into an organization designed to take down the US, al-Qaeda.
The US financially and militarily supported the Mujahedin rebels in the 1980s against the Soviet Occupation. In the 2000s, the US would actively route the Mujahedin after the tragedy of 9/11 which was coordinated by former members of the Mujahedin who had formed the terrorist organization called al-Qaeda.
It is viewed by Hindus as the start of a new life.
Osama bin Laden created and organized the Mujahedin of Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union and was one of the founder of the Al-Qaeda Terrorist Organization.
to help them defeat a Soviet invasion -Apex
Yes. During Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, the CIA assisted the Afghan Mujahedin in their guerrilla war against the Soviets. Osama bin Laden was one of the key Mujahedin leaders and helped facilitate weapons transfers with the CIA. Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States and CIA also ceased assisting Osama bin Laden and Mujahedin.
The armies were known as the Arab Nomads, Jihadis, or Mujahedin.
YES. Generally speaking, Mujahedin are pious Muslims who pray often. Now there are certainly people who just "do the dance", but most Mujahedin genuinely believe that they have a command from God via Muhammad to destroy the infidels and "impious Muslims" with whom they disagree in righteous jihad.
Among Christians, these are usually "Holy Crusaders". Among Muslims, there are usually "Mujahedin".