Kalmar “Al Qaeda” (wanda kuma aka rubuta da “Al-Qaida”) tana nufin ƙungiyar Islama ta ‘yan Sunni masu fafutuka da Osama bin Laden da wasu shugabannin masu tsattsauran ra’ayin Islama suka kafa a ƙarshen 1980s. Kalmar "Al Qaeda" tana nufin "tushen" a cikin harshen Larabci, wanda aka yi imanin cewa ya samo asali ne daga farkon kungiyar a matsayin ma'auni na mayakan mujahidin da suka yi yaki da Tarayyar Soviet a Afghanistan a shekarun 1980. > Tun bayan kafuwarta, Al Qaeda ce ke da alhakin kai hare-haren ta'addanci da dama a duniya, wadanda suka hada da harin bam na ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Afirka a 1998, harin 2000 kan USS Cole, da harin 11 ga Satumba, 2001 a Cibiyar Kasuwanci ta Duniya da Pentagon. a Amurka. Al Qaeda na da burin kafa daular halifancin Musulunci kuma tana adawa da abin da take kallo a matsayin gurbacewar tasirin al'adu da dabi'un yammacin Turai.