Bin Laden’s Mother Gives First Interview to Media About Son
Alia Ghanem, mother of deceased al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, has given her first interview to Western media, telling The Guardian newspaper that her eldest son was ‘brainwashed’ into extremist ideology.
Speaking at her family’s home in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Ghanem said bin Laden was a shy, academically capable boy, who turned into a strong, pious figure while an economics student in Jeddah in his early 20s.
“The people at university changed him.
“He became a different man,” she told the newspaper, which said bin Laden had met Abdullah Azzam, a Muslim Brotherhood member, who became his spiritual adviser, at the university.
“He was a very good child until he met some people, who pretty much brainwashed him in his early 20s.”
“You can call it a cult; they got money for their cause.”
“I would always tell him to stay away from them and he would never admit to me what he was doing because he loved me so much.”
Meanwhile, two years ago, the US States Department designated Hamza bin Laden, son of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a terrorist.
As a result of the designation, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which Hamza bin Laden has any interest was blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with him.
On August 14, 2015, Hamza bin Laden was officially announced by al-Qaeda senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri as an official member of the group.
The State Department said that Hamza bin Laden has called for acts of terrorism in Western capitals and threatened revenge against the U.S.
It added that in 2016, he also called on Saudi Arabian-based tribes to unite with al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen to wage war against Saudi Arabia.
Hamza bin Laden was born in 1989 in Saudi Arabia.
His father Osama bin Laden, founder and former leader of al-Qaeda, was shot and killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan during a covert operation conducted by the U.S. under the leadership of President Obama.
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