Why is Osama bin Laden not a fundamental muslim?

Question

"Osama was not a fundamentalists because he followed none of the fundamentals of Islam."

Really? How so, care to show any example of how he followed none of the fundamentals of Islam?

Answer 1

He probably followed the fundamentals of Islam, but he is not a true Muslim because he ordered the 9/11 attacks and committed atrocious acts of terorism, which is strictly forbidden according to the fundamentals of Islam. He is definitely not a true Muslim. Sure, he called himself a Muslim, but he's not one.

Extremist and radical would be the two proper terms used to define him.

Answer 2

The Muslim religion, to be a religion, requires that its followers do more than walk through the motions of praying, going to mosques, etc.
The man is no more religious than you or I would be if we went to stay at a monastery, obeyed all their rules, but mailed bombs to people during weekends.

The purpose of religion is to do two things, one if you're religious the other if you're a fanatic.

The first could be withdraw from contact with the world since you claim you know another world which is categorically different, much worse or much better, whose ways you need to follow. Westerners go to monasteries; the Islamics have failed to do so. But they still give up a lot of things other people don't.

The other is you could stay around on Earth and commit crimes against people to punish them for disagreeing with you, to get them to join your group--this is a practice which despite what you've heard has nothing to do with orthodox Muslim belief.

bin Laden is not practicing Islam, just pretending to be a Muslim.
And he isn't trying to spread the faith--just murder people he doesn't like.
So there's your answer.

Answer 3

Bin Laden was as religious as Hitler and look how he turned out.

Answer 4

He killed non-combatants, he is not following Islam. He might pray and all that, but that doesn't excuse unlawful murder!

Answer 5

But he leads them...