Usāmah bin Muḥamma bin `Awaḍ bin Lādin (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن; born 10 March 1957), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is an Islamic militant, and believed to be the founder of the Jihadist organization Al-Qaeda. He is a member of the prestigious and wealthy bin Laden family. In conjunction with several other Islamic militant leaders, bin Laden issued two fatawa—in 1996 and then again in 1998—that Muslims should kill civilians and military personnel from the United States and allied countries until they withdraw their military forces from Muslim countries and cease their support for the state of Israel's policies.