Al-Zawahiri reappears in video, proof that al-Qaeda leader is alive

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared in a rare nine-minute video to praise Indian student Muskan Khan who defied the ban on wearing the hijab, the Islamic veil, in February in Karnataka, screaming ” Allah hu Akbar ” within his school. “A noble woman from India,” al-Zawahiri defined her in what is her first video appearance of her since November last year. The al-Qaeda leader also attacked countries that ban the use of hijab, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, accusing them of being ” allies of the West ”. And he called on Indian citizens to rebel against what he called “oppression”. Zawahiri then addressed Muslims in the Indian subcontinent, asking them to fight against the alleged assault on Islam “intellectually, using the media and with weapons on the battlefield.” has been verified by the intelligence site Site. Al-Zawahiri’s reference to a current event would be proof that the al-Qaeda leader is still alive. The Egyptian doctor has taken over the leadership of the terrorist group since the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011 by an American special command in Pakistan.