A Map Of Radical Islamic Strongholds Across Africa And Asia

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Al-Qaeda Map: Isis, Boko Haram And Other Affiliates' Strongholds Across Africa And Asia -- The Telegraph

As al-Qaeda-linked militants Isis seize a vast swathe of Iraq's northern region, we explore where al-Qaeda's influence is growing - and fading - around the world

Osama bin Laden may have been killed in 2011, but al-Qaeda - the umbrella Islamist terror group he founded - endures in many forms around the world.

Recent events in Syria and Iraq demonstrate the continued threat its offshoot group Isis - the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (Syria) - represents to the region and broader world.

Groups including Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Shabaab in Somalia and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen have varying ties to bin Laden's organisation, which is itself now run by Ayman al-Zawahiri.

In addition the terror wrought by "loan wolves" such as the murderers of Drummer Lee Rigby in London in 2013 are traceable to al-Qaeda's influence.

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My Comment: Bottom line .... radical Islam is not on the decline.