Osama Bin Laden's Influence On Globalism

“Jihadist globalism” is Al-Qaeda’s push back on America. Al-Qaeda’s attack on 9/11 was a response to what is called Americanization. A lot of Americans seemed unaware of America’s cultural and political influence around the world. This influence is not always wanted or welcome, predominantly in the Islamic sections of the world. Osama bin Laden was one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda and in effect the “jihadist globalism” movement. He wrote many works that gave instructions on how to resist what Steger refers to as the “American Empire” (Steger, 222). “Jihadist globalism” believes that people that believe in Muslim principles need to take more drastic measures to prohibit any more intrusion of the Western culture and values. Osama bin Laden believed
This is the precise thing that “jihadist globalism” is fighting against. They believe that the globe should be shaped in the Muslim principles not the Western world. Not to mention the fact that “imperial globalism” is really through military means. The way to fight that is through these attacks on the Western world and those that associate with it. Osama bin Laden shows many critiques of imperial globalism in his writings especially when he uses the presence of American troops throughout the Arabian Peninsula as an example. The fact that military force is used in these Islamic sections of the world is viewed by the followers of “jihadist globalism” as unparalleled attacks on their values and their territories. This attack is not only coming from America but also through its imperialistic alliances. The “jihadist globalism” movement to fight “imperial globalism” really in the 1990’s when the House of Saud brought American and other foreign troops, which are thought of as infidels, into their country. In Osama bin Laden’s view these rulers just sold out their country to the West and were allowing for their country to be corrupted by the West’s ideas. After this it was Bin Laden’s mission to move “jihadist globalism” against the