Opinion: Opinion | ‘PhD’ Handlers To Faridabad ‘Doctors’, How ‘White-Collar’ Terrorism Isn’t New

From ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who held a PhD, to Al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, a surgeon, and Laden, a civil engineering graduate – some of the world’s most extremist leaders have come from classrooms, universities and privileged backgrounds.

​From ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who held a PhD, to Al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, a surgeon, and Laden, a civil engineering graduate – some of the world’s most extremist leaders have come from classrooms, universities and privileged backgrounds.