Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were motivated by Religious extremism. He was a
A) cult and sect - his symbolic targets were based on relationship to a cult or sect
B) revolutionary - his symbolic targets were based on a relationship to support of the state
C) separatist - his symbolic targets were based on a relationship to state
D) fundamentalist - his symbolic targets were based on a relationship to fundamentalist religious worldview

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Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were motivated by a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, aiming to establish a global Islamic caliphate and opposing what they saw as the corrupting influences of the West and secular governments in Islamic countries. Their attacks were symbolic acts meant to advance this fundamentalist religious worldview.

Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda Were Motivated by Religious