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OBL on allegations of being khawarij, responded by claiming the Saudi state itself was the khawarij who fought against the caliphate and declared the Muslims of hijaz as disbelievers and fought against them and so on. "Salafi jihadism" is just another big mess that covers its mess by opposition against west.

Osama bin Laden was not representative of the Salafis or the traditional Sunnis as far as I can see.

He may have been influenced Syed Qutb (ra) also, but he wasn't on his path exactly either.

He associated with Abdullah Azam (ra) also, but Abdullah Azzam was the opposite of a terrorist and was very against killing innocents in Jihad. OBL wasn't on his path.

Osama bin Laden and those following him or inspired by him into terrorism were on their own unique mistaken path if you ask me. Don't blame Salafis or anyone else for him or those on his way.