KnowraAyman al-ZawahiriLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Ayman al-Zawahiri, each with the reason it gives.All 7Related 5Compared with 2Al-QaedaRelated: His Egyptian Islamic Jihad merged with Al-Qaeda in 2001, strengthening its leadership and ideological ties.Osama bin LadenRelated: Zawahiri was bin Laden’s closest senior partner and eventual successor.Salafi jihadismRelated: His writings and leadership connected Egyptian revolutionary jihadism to al-Qaeda’s global strategy.Sayyid QutbRelated: Al-Zawahiri cited Qutb as an intellectual influence on his own militant trajectory.Egyptian Islamic JihadRelated: He led Egyptian Islamic Jihad and later became its most prominent advocate of joining al-Qaeda.