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This religion is followed by Muslims around the world.
What is Islam?
This country was ruled by the Taliban from 1996 until their overthrow in 2001.
What is Afghanistan?
This man founded al-Qaeda and led it during the September 11 attacks.
Who was Osama bin Laden?
This headquarters of the US Department of Defense was also attacked in 9/11.
What is the Pentagon?
This number of suicide bombers were active during the London 7/7 bombings.
What is 4?
The Guantánamo Bay detention facility is located on this Caribbean island.
What is Cuba?
This garment covers the body and face, with a mesh panel over the eyes.
What is a burqa?
These two years mark the beginning and end of the Taliban’s first period of rule over Kabul.
What are 1996 and 2001?
This person's personal fortune contributed to funds for Al Qaeda.
Who is Osama bin Laden?
This was the number of al-Qaeda hijackers involved in the attacks.
What is 19?
This was the number of Australians killed in the 2002 Bali bombings.
What is 88?
This country was attacked by US-led forces in October 2001.
What is Afghanistan?
This term describes the use or threat of violence, particularly against civilians, to create fear and pursue political, religious or ideological goals.
What is terrorism?
This is the age that girls were restricted from continuing her education in Afghanistan.
What is 13 years of age?
This is the year the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
What is 1979?
This American Airlines flight struck the North Tower.
What is Flight 11?
These two nightlife venues were the main targets of the Bali bombings.
What are Paddy’s Bar and the Sari Club?
Who is George W. Bush?
This label describes someone viewed as fighting against oppression or foreign control to achieve liberation.
What is a freedom fighter?
This number out of every 100 women die giving birth in Afghanistan.
What is 16?
This foreign power fought in Afghanistan during the war that helped shape al-Qaeda’s formation.
What is the Soviet Union?
These were the two airlines whose aircraft were hijacked on September 11.
What are American Airlines and United Airlines?
This was the number of victims killed in the London 7/7 attacks, excluding the bombers.
What is 52?
These alleged weapons, abbreviated WMD, formed a major justification for invading Iraq.
What are weapons of mass destruction?
This system of Islamic moral and legal principles draws primarily on the Qur’an and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.
What is Sharia Law?
In 1977, women comprised over this % of Afghanistan's highest legislative body.
What is 15%?
This was the name given to Holy warriors fighting a Jihad (‘One who struggles’) - they were ordinary men, from farmers to teachers, who opposed Soviet influence (especially policies that opposed religion and Afghan traditions).
Who were the Mujahideen?
Passengers and crew resisted the hijackers aboard this flight, which crashed in Pennsylvania.
What is United Airlines Flight 93?
This organisation carried out the 2002 Bali bombings.
What is Jemaah Islamiyah?
By April 2004, this many people had been convicted by Indonesian courts for involvement in the attacks in Bali.
What is 30-33?