Osama bin Laden: Declaration of Jihad against Americans

Glossary

• al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari (810–870); compiler of one of the six canonical hadiths of Sunni Islam, the branch to which Bin Laden adheres
• al-Jami al-Sahih the work of Sahih al-Bukhari
• Gulf War in this context, the conflict often called the Persian Gulf War (August 2, 1990–February 28, 1991)
• place of the revelation the cave, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, where the Qur'an is said to have been revealed to Muhammad
• Shu'ayb a Muslim prophet of the bh (before Hijra) period
• umma in this context, the community of Islamic believers; the Muslim world