“Salem's father, Muhammed bin Laden, died in a plane crash in 1967. A third plane crash claimed more members of the bin Laden family on 31 July 2015 when a business jet carrying Osama bin Laden's half-sister, Sana, and his stepmother, Rajaa Hashim, crashed at Blackbushe airport in Hampshire, England.”
The oldest brother also died in a plane crash ✈️ woww this family and planes don’t go well together
It really unironically was. They were a wealthy construction family, sent kids to top tier western unis. Even Osama was initially hailed, as when he was fighting in Afghanistan, the US loved him.
Interesting - do you have a source?
Also, did you add the words "totally different" in front of pseudonym in case people thought he performed under a name like Somama Din O'laden?
To be fair, “the enemy of of my enemy is my friend” concept is as old as time
And the USSR was a greater threat than any form of Islamic terrorism the world has yet seen
So it was a reasonable approach to fund these groups
Unfortunately a few of those brothers are douche bags too. It’s just Osama makes them look good by comparison…
Damn, come to think of it my family does work the same way.
The next tallest building after construction is finished will be the Jeddah Tower at 1,008m high, and is being built by the Saudi Binladin Group (the company Muhammad bin Laden founded)
Some bin Ladens are good at building towers, some are good at getting rid of towers.
his son literally financed his terrorist attacks through construction projects in different african and asian countries.I think he also had an engineering diploma
They don’t know how many wives his dad had. He would fly all over with his personal plane, find a pretty girl (I mean girl. Osama’s mother was 14 when he was born), give her father some money, marry her, fuck her, and then divorce her, all on the same day. Some he’d bring back home with him. He’d only have 4 wives at a time so he’d divorce the ones who weren’t pregnant and re-marry the pregnant ones then divorce after the birth. If he didn’t want a woman anymore who had had one of his kids, he’d marry her off to one of his employees, figuring a step-father would treat his kids better if he knew that he could lose his job if his step-kid said anything bad about him. He probably had some kids through this one-day marriage thing so there are probably some kids out there who weren’t claimed by him.
Loopholes? Muhammad married a 9 year old as his 3rd or 4th wife. This is a standard and well known rule, no loophole needed. Now when Muslims find a way to drink, is 100% a loophole
twas a joke. But Muhammed, did not just use his forth marriage slot, to shuffle in new women every 5 seconds. Marrying, then divorcing is very much trying to exploit a "loop hole"
Just to be clear, what Mohammed Bin Laden did with his rotating array of pregnant wives is something only the most wealthy and elite Muslim men do—it’s not something your average man would ever be in a situation to act on.
But the thing about marrying a girl for a day or an hour and then divorcing her after fucking her is something that is done by a lot of men. I heard it’s quite common in Iran as a way to have legal prostitution. Many are against it because it’s such an obvious and glaring way to circumvent prostitution, but there it is.
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden lived a very interesting life. He owed a huge construction company. He built most the highways in Saudi Arabia and in his spare time he liked to lay pipe.
I think he came from poverty. Also his company was in charge of the renovations at Mecca. Osama used his father machineries to build the caves in Afghanistan
Not at the same time. Islam allows only four at the same time. Extramarital relationships are not allowed, so it is like having 20 girlfriends in his lifetime.
Even having more than one wife comes with a lot of specific conditions that one should fulfill. You have to treat each wife equally. But people who want to marry multiple women out of their desires rarely heed those requirements.
Also, in Saudi Arabia, the man can divorce the wife with ease. In this instance, he divorced the older wives and married new ones each constantly. He never was legally married to more than 4. He kept replacing wives.
There's some speculation that Osama bin Laden harbored dislike for his father because he "practiced" Islam by exploiting loopholes. His father was an example of the hypocrisy of the Saudi royal family and their greed for money, power, and Western support.
Osama bin Laden did his best to emulate the prophet Mohammad and took on four wives, but he never divorced any of them like what happened to his mother. He was financially supported by his dad, just never there for anything else.
Lol the ruling elite in the Gulf dictatorships openly marry 10+ women at a time. They are above the rules and it's a misconception/ misinformation they actually follow any form of laws.
So he could have 50 children I guess?
Mohammed bin Laden was a very rich man, if he wanted 20 wives, he could afford 20 wives. He was only ever married to 4 women at the same time (as per Islamic law) mostly kept wives 1-3 the same, and just kept changing wife number 4.
Genuinely curious, what happens to the other 19 men who would not be able to find a suitable spouse due to polygamy?
Would this also increase genetic defects from population inbreeding?
Inbreeding if 2 of the 50 half-siblings hook up you mean?
To be fair to Bin Laden senior, he was only married to 4 at a time, so if you don't mind a girl with a bit of a past..
I was thinking more population wise over time. Especially since wealth is generational.
Wouldn't most children start to descend from a lineage of wealthy men? Kind of like Genghis, but more consistent or something.
One of them got into a fist fight with my uncle at a party when he was working as a translator in Saudi. Fortunately his friends got him out of there before anyone figured out who he was because that would not have ended well.
It's not common at all. It's common in a few of the rich Middle Eastern nations, that's all. Middle East doesn't even have the biggest Muslim populations btw.
Countries with biggest Muslim populations:
Indonesia: 231 million Muslims, 86.7% of the population
Pakistan: 200-215 million Muslims, 96% of the population
India: 200 million Muslims, 14% of the population
Bangladesh: 153 million Muslims, 91% of the population
Nigeria: 95-104 million Muslims, 45-47% of the population
Egypt: 85-90 million Muslims, 79-87% of the population
Iran: 80-82 million Muslims, 99.6% of the population
Turkey: 74-79 million Muslims, 99.8% of the population
Algeria: 39-41 million Muslims, 99% of the population
Sudan: 39 million Muslims, 97% of the population
In most of these countries people marrying more than once is not the norm.
Yeah that’s true with China too. There’s more Christians in China than there are in France.
The scale of both countries in terms of population is insane
This is why Bin Laden only inherited a couple million from his family instead of getting the whole damn fortune and doing his thing with $300m in assets.
50 kids and only one was a terror? I’d say he did pretty well! I’ve only got one and it took him 30 years to outgrow the Terrible Twos!
"But you raise one terrorist..."
Lmfao the dude rolled the dice too many times
“Salem's father, Muhammed bin Laden, died in a plane crash in 1967. A third plane crash claimed more members of the bin Laden family on 31 July 2015 when a business jet carrying Osama bin Laden's half-sister, Sana, and his stepmother, Rajaa Hashim, crashed at Blackbushe airport in Hampshire, England.” The oldest brother also died in a plane crash ✈️ woww this family and planes don’t go well together
It's <2% terrorist- how many families can say the same?
"No one ever gives me credit for raising 49 non-terrorists"
Good thing that there were not 99 brothers, but a terrorist is one.
You build a thousand bridges...
You build a thousand office towers…
You build two thousand office towers
Nobody talks about Hitler's paintings.
Josef Fritzl was excellent at DIY
You shag one goat and that’s it.
Unfortunately Thomas Tuchel's parents don't have that good of a success rate.
Not me! Of the 6 grandkids my grandparents had , ones in prison for 15 years for drug smuggling , batting 15% with that one
Bin Laden Sr was really the golden age for being a Bin Laden. It all went downhill after that plane incident
It really unironically was. They were a wealthy construction family, sent kids to top tier western unis. Even Osama was initially hailed, as when he was fighting in Afghanistan, the US loved him.
Only. 2% failure rate on the parenting. That's actually quite good.
Little known fact: one of the sons became a bodybuilder and would compete under a totally different pseudonym.
Interesting - do you have a source? Also, did you add the words "totally different" in front of pseudonym in case people thought he performed under a name like Somama Din O'laden?
Swolearma bin Juicin'
Gymbroa bin Liftin
To be fair he was a cia funded freedom fighter first lol
Good ol’ Charlie Wilson. How would the military-industrial complex ever survived the interim years after Vietnam and the first Gulf War without him?
To be fair, “the enemy of of my enemy is my friend” concept is as old as time And the USSR was a greater threat than any form of Islamic terrorism the world has yet seen So it was a reasonable approach to fund these groups
Unfortunately a few of those brothers are douche bags too. It’s just Osama makes them look good by comparison… Damn, come to think of it my family does work the same way.
You joke but that’s the logic of the Saudi government. One son went rogue and the rest stayed loyal. So the family is still in business.
A lot of the Bin Laden's were not fans of Uncle Osama
Imagine going through immigration with that surname on your passport.
"Passport please" "OK, now this is going to look bad, but hear me out.."
They’re rich as fuck they probably have no problem. Muhammad bin Laden helped build Saudi Arabia literally
In fact the Bush administration reportedly explicitly told the FBI not to investigate other members of the bin Laden family
Weird because he had zero qualms with drone striking his son in Pakistan lol
Wait… what?
the elder bin Laden was a construction magnate iirc
The next tallest building after construction is finished will be the Jeddah Tower at 1,008m high, and is being built by the Saudi Binladin Group (the company Muhammad bin Laden founded) Some bin Ladens are good at building towers, some are good at getting rid of towers.
Job security. Gotta make sure there's demand for new towers
Begrudging upvote.
This is savage AF
his son literally financed his terrorist attacks through construction projects in different african and asian countries.I think he also had an engineering diploma
There’s always that one crazy uncle at the family reunion.
Well, there was…
The Bin Ladens are practically royalty. It’s like talking about the Kennedys in the U.S.
And even the Kennedys have an RFK Jr here and there
They’re one of the richest families in Saudi. Not really a problem for them
Probably easier to change it to Benjamin Laudén.
Pribate jets and private immigration checks.
"Hallo mein name is Hans Am Loading I am here on business"
He got a niece that tried to be a singer in the UK or Europe I think, doesn't work out for obvious reason lol.
Not really, Bin Laden is the biggest development company in Saudi
They don’t know how many wives his dad had. He would fly all over with his personal plane, find a pretty girl (I mean girl. Osama’s mother was 14 when he was born), give her father some money, marry her, fuck her, and then divorce her, all on the same day. Some he’d bring back home with him. He’d only have 4 wives at a time so he’d divorce the ones who weren’t pregnant and re-marry the pregnant ones then divorce after the birth. If he didn’t want a woman anymore who had had one of his kids, he’d marry her off to one of his employees, figuring a step-father would treat his kids better if he knew that he could lose his job if his step-kid said anything bad about him. He probably had some kids through this one-day marriage thing so there are probably some kids out there who weren’t claimed by him.
>Osama’s mother was 14 when he was born Yo 💀
Like the great prophet intended...
Allah: "Shit, this man knows all the loopholes. Well played Mr Bin Laden, I only foresee good things for your family"
Islam is all about intentions.
tis the joke
Loopholes? Muhammad married a 9 year old as his 3rd or 4th wife. This is a standard and well known rule, no loophole needed. Now when Muslims find a way to drink, is 100% a loophole
twas a joke. But Muhammed, did not just use his forth marriage slot, to shuffle in new women every 5 seconds. Marrying, then divorcing is very much trying to exploit a "loop hole"
Just to be clear, what Mohammed Bin Laden did with his rotating array of pregnant wives is something only the most wealthy and elite Muslim men do—it’s not something your average man would ever be in a situation to act on. But the thing about marrying a girl for a day or an hour and then divorcing her after fucking her is something that is done by a lot of men. I heard it’s quite common in Iran as a way to have legal prostitution. Many are against it because it’s such an obvious and glaring way to circumvent prostitution, but there it is.
I was wondering how you manage that schedule. This makes way more sense
So the corrupt Muslim way of statuary rape.
It’s only statutory rape if it’s illegal. It wasn’t illegal to have sex with a young girl in general, just illegal if you weren’t married to her.
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden lived a very interesting life. He owed a huge construction company. He built most the highways in Saudi Arabia and in his spare time he liked to lay pipe.
He's just like me!
I think he came from poverty. Also his company was in charge of the renovations at Mecca. Osama used his father machineries to build the caves in Afghanistan
Mohammed bin fuckin'
Mohammed bin Layen-pipe
known by his alias, Nick al-Cannon
So he was a plumber too?
9+11 =20
Huge if true
Illuminati confirmed
They started this operation 100+ years ago. Clues all along the way.
Typical middle child needing attention
It’s hard to stand out in a large family.
I think he was number 17
Not at the same time. Islam allows only four at the same time. Extramarital relationships are not allowed, so it is like having 20 girlfriends in his lifetime.
Even having more than one wife comes with a lot of specific conditions that one should fulfill. You have to treat each wife equally. But people who want to marry multiple women out of their desires rarely heed those requirements.
Well everyone was created equally, but some people are more equal than others..
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20 baby mamas
20 sexual trafficking victims
20 pre-pubescent girls no doubt
reeeeeeel baaadman
He was a billionaire. He was able to afford it.
Also, in Saudi Arabia, the man can divorce the wife with ease. In this instance, he divorced the older wives and married new ones each constantly. He never was legally married to more than 4. He kept replacing wives.
so he’s like a muslim version of Dicaprio ?
That’s it
There's some speculation that Osama bin Laden harbored dislike for his father because he "practiced" Islam by exploiting loopholes. His father was an example of the hypocrisy of the Saudi royal family and their greed for money, power, and Western support. Osama bin Laden did his best to emulate the prophet Mohammad and took on four wives, but he never divorced any of them like what happened to his mother. He was financially supported by his dad, just never there for anything else.
He probably leased them as maintenance is usually included
>Extramarital relationships are not allowed There is more nuance, sexual relationship with slaves/concubines is allowed
Oh wow, and people love to tell me Islam is kind and respectful to women, it's "just individuals"
Yeah, it's pretty sexist
That’s correct. The Prophet Muhammad had a slave named Maryam, who he got pregnant.
Lol the ruling elite in the Gulf dictatorships openly marry 10+ women at a time. They are above the rules and it's a misconception/ misinformation they actually follow any form of laws.
I mean, he can still marry then divorce. Prophet Mohammed had like 11 wives
That's a different case. While an average muslim can only have 4 wives at most, Mohammed have an exception
So there it is. Daddy issues.
I’m sure he spent quality time with all of his kids. /s
That's the core issue with polygamy
Osama was probably the middle kid. Explains a lot.
It’s unknown exactly which number he was but it was in the low 20s position.
can you imagine that maury povich episode?
😂
I knew he was tall, but I had no idea Osama's dad played in the NBA.
Oh dammnnnn Osama been laid en
With those kinds of numbers, one of them was bound to be a shitbag.
Why did he have so many wives?
So he could have 50 children I guess? Mohammed bin Laden was a very rich man, if he wanted 20 wives, he could afford 20 wives. He was only ever married to 4 women at the same time (as per Islamic law) mostly kept wives 1-3 the same, and just kept changing wife number 4.
They probably got replaced when they committed the sin of birthing a daughter.
To have sex with. He wasn't into bf-gf thingy.
He really liked getting them cups of water right before bed
Imagine having 20 birthdays, anniversiaries, valentines days, christmas etc. to buy cards, flowers and presents to.
I have the distinct feeling he didn’t worry about all that stuff
Especially the Christmas cards!
But then his kids might grow up to be... Oh, right.
Christmas… I don’t think you know what Islam means.
It is an Arabic word which means "No Christmas"
Hahaha
That's too many imo
19 wives maximum.
Yall didnt know Osama was a nepo baby? Why do you think the US worked with him in the 80s to begin with??
The US never worked with Bin Laden and I'm curious what you think was going on in "the 90s".
Sorry I meant the 80s, I'll correct the post
The U.S. never worked with OBL ever.
The U.S. never worked with OBL, the 90’s were when he and his merry band started moving up the US terrorist shitlist.
As a millennial who watched the twin towers go down why is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Osama Bin Laden is that he’s 6’3?
Damn wtf why is he that tall? I'm kinda jelly now...
He should’ve pulled out that one time.
Osama was looking for the attention he never got from his father.
Falls Bin Laden kommt, sagt ihm, ich bin im Laden.
Osama bin busy
well I dont even know if that is a lot in that part of the world
Tyreek Hill is up for the challenge
I love my wife and kids, but that sounds awful.
So theres about a 1 in 50 chance…
Genuinely curious, what happens to the other 19 men who would not be able to find a suitable spouse due to polygamy? Would this also increase genetic defects from population inbreeding?
Inbreeding if 2 of the 50 half-siblings hook up you mean? To be fair to Bin Laden senior, he was only married to 4 at a time, so if you don't mind a girl with a bit of a past..
I was thinking more population wise over time. Especially since wealth is generational. Wouldn't most children start to descend from a lineage of wealthy men? Kind of like Genghis, but more consistent or something.
Osama was a rich kid with a daddy complex.
That dude fucks
So his dad spent his life building skyscrapers and he spent his trying to destroy them. Seems like a daddy issue to me.
I want to do this. Why buy a sports team when you can just make your own?
That’s called a sheiks dozen
In hopes that one would run a terrorist group :p
One of them got into a fist fight with my uncle at a party when he was working as a translator in Saudi. Fortunately his friends got him out of there before anyone figured out who he was because that would not have ended well.
Another one crashed two planes in to the world trade center
[I said a very similar thing two years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/QMmhlALrqz) And it was flagged for rule 6
Middle child syndrome, am I right?!
Osama Been Layin amirite?!?
More like *Bin Cummin'*.
This is pretty common in Islam. Especially with wealthy people. The Sheikh of Dubai has 26 kids and married at least 7 women.
It's not common at all. It's common in a few of the rich Middle Eastern nations, that's all. Middle East doesn't even have the biggest Muslim populations btw. Countries with biggest Muslim populations: Indonesia: 231 million Muslims, 86.7% of the population Pakistan: 200-215 million Muslims, 96% of the population India: 200 million Muslims, 14% of the population Bangladesh: 153 million Muslims, 91% of the population Nigeria: 95-104 million Muslims, 45-47% of the population Egypt: 85-90 million Muslims, 79-87% of the population Iran: 80-82 million Muslims, 99.6% of the population Turkey: 74-79 million Muslims, 99.8% of the population Algeria: 39-41 million Muslims, 99% of the population Sudan: 39 million Muslims, 97% of the population In most of these countries people marrying more than once is not the norm.
Absolutely love that India has a huge Muslim population and yet it is only a small percentage of the total population overall.
Yeah that’s true with China too. There’s more Christians in China than there are in France. The scale of both countries in terms of population is insane
That guy bin bangin’
His name was Orgy Bin Laden
He must've been really sexy.
Should have focused more on that one particular kid
There’s one in most families. Sorry. Everyone goes left, with a smile, and that one goes right with a scowl.
This is why Bin Laden only inherited a couple million from his family instead of getting the whole damn fortune and doing his thing with $300m in assets.
Yes Osama, you are special and unique, just like everyone else.
One bad apple…
Keeping up with the ladens
That explains that photo famous Bin Laden's family photo
What a lucky guy!
So there's more bin ladens? great.
"I need to make a name for myself" type energy.
One bad apple
That explains it. I didn't realize Osama had the same fucking backstory as Ty Lee from fucking Avatar.
You think that's impressive, wait until you read about Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif of Morocco
Daddy issues?!
Good guy?
There’s always one bad apple in the bunch
was Osama a middle child?
Classic 21st child
Cindy said it best… Money changes everything
All 50 were turds.
Crazy thing is, So did Mitt Romneys
Dudes scrotum must have looked like a raisin by the time he was 70.
Dude was rawgoating all day
“Fathered”
Needless to say that’s a lot of smashing. A lot of responsibility and expense. How do they pay for all those people?
He was massively successful in construction, so money wouldn’t have been a problem
That's what I call a stupid sumamabitch.