November 12th, 2009
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November 12, 2009, 6:01PM
A Barbour County native has co-authored a memoir of living within Osama bin Laden’s family.
The Dothan Eagle reports that Jean Sasson penned the book, “Growing Up Bin Laden,” with Osama bin Laden’s fourth son Omar and his first wife, Najwa. In the book, Omar describes being indoctrinated by his father but gradually rejecting his philosophy and turning away from bin Laden’s efforts to give him leadership positions within his terrorist organization.
The Dothan Eagle’s Lance Griffin writes:
In e-mailed questions from the Dothan Eagle, passed on to Omar through
Sasson, Omar said he does not know exactly why his father planned and executed
the 9/11 attacks.“Only God knows exactly why such things happen, but I believe that there are
misunderstandings and problems between different groups of people whenever
people do not sit down and talk and listen to each other,” Omar said. “I am a
Muslim and I know that many Muslims believe that the west is unfair when it
comes to important issues that affect Muslim lives. I know that many Muslims
feel that soldiers from other countries should not be occupying Muslims
lands.“For this reason I hope that instead of further violence, that leaders from
countries of the world can sit down and discuss the problems and make changes in
the way that problems are handled,” he added. “I am a person who calls for
peaceful solutions to problems. Violence only harms us all, no matter where the
violence comes from, the east or the west.”
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