Al- Qaida’s central goal of jihad is a defensive reaction towards Western hostility against the religion of Islam and Muslims which diverges from the divine law of the shariʿa. This global militant organization does also perceive the necessity for its community of believers (ummah) from foreign lands with non-Muslims that are unable to live as per their religion to be prepared in supporting their jihadist activities by opposing this society of unbelievers in the West until it impedes their consistent attacks on them. The ummah possesses the responsibility in having to recruit other Muslims in their communities to al-Qaida’s cause with the purpose of acquiring the beating heart of Islamic jihad via an individual or collecting standpoint to engage in jihad in the West.
