Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2001
Post-September 11 scrutiny and family flight
The family became the subject of intense scrutiny because Osama bin Laden was associated with al-Qaeda and the September 11 attacks. A chartered flight later carried approximately thirteen family members and associates from the United States. The 9/11 Commission found no evidence of political intervention in the departure.
1979
Mahrous bin Laden and the Grand Mosque seizure
Mahrous bin Laden was implicated in the 1979 seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Accounts reported that family-owned trucks were allegedly used in the movement of arms. He was arrested, later not executed with the principal perpetrators, and subsequently returned to work in the family business.