Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
Member: al-Qaida **RF1**
A Kuwaiti high school religion teacher in his mid 30's, Abu Ghaith left his teaching job after the 2000 school year to join al Qaida in Afghanistan and serve as its spokesman. **RF2** He formerly preached at a Kuwaiti mosque until he was banned for criticizing its 1962 constitution, stating that only strict shariah is the only law that Muslims should follow.**RF3** Coming to prominence after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Abu Ghaith was stripped of his Kuwaiti citizenship in October 2001.**RF3**
REFERENCES
**RF1** Stephen Engelberg, "One Man and a Global Web of Violence," New York Times, January 14, 2001, pp. 1 and 12-13; and United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., S (7) 98 Cr. 1023 (LBS), pp. 4 and 11-12.
**RF2** Diana Elias, "Bin Laden spokesman is Kuwaiti Teacher," Associated Press, October 10, 2001.
SOURCE:
Excerpted from Usama Bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network, by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam. NY: Transnational Publishers, 2001.