Ch 2: The Sporting Club

What country is Zawahiri from?

• Saudi Arabia

• Egypt

• Lebenon

• Pakistan

Where did Zawahiri go in 1980?

• USSR

• USA

• Afghanistan

• Singapore

What was the occupation of Zawahiri?

• Doctor

• Government Official

• Imam

• Military Officer

What happened to President Anwar Sadat in 1981?

• He looses an election

• His government is overthrown

• He is assassinated

• He is exiled to Sudan

What did the Maadi Sporting Club come to represent?

• Home of the best football (soccer) team in the nation

• Westernized elitism and its imposition on Egyptian society

• A recruiting ground /hotspot for Islamist extremists

• A growing Shiite community within a Sunni nation

Whose influence inspired and radicalized Zawahiri?

• Anwar Sadat

• Khalid Sheikh Mohommed

• Osama bin Laden

• Sayyid Qutb

What event humiliated Muslims and turned people toward Islamism/fundamentalism?

• Six Day War

• World War II

• U.S. occupation of Egypt

• Soviet defeat in Afghanistan

What is the name of Zawahiri's Islamist group/cell?

• Al Qaeda

• Muslim Brotherhood

• Al Jihad

• Boko Haram

How had prison changed Zawahiri?

• Beaten down, became quite and isolated

• He became a hardened radical

• He died in prison while being tortured

• Only willing to advocate for Islamism with the pen not the sword