Members of Al Qaeda, a "so called" Muslim Jihadi organization, attack the United States. Hijacked commercial airliners are flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon building on September 11, 2001, killing upwards of three thousand. The United States subsequently declares a War on terror and invades Afghanistan, whose Taliban regime had given refuge to Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The Taliban are ousted from power, and 10 years later, on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1 a.m. local time Osama Bin Laden is killed by a United States special forces military unit..[1]
General elections in Pakistan are held after the 1999 military takeover. PML (Q) led by Mian Muhammad Azhar, a pro-military party, gains majority throughout Pakistan. Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali became the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The riots between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat, India. More than 5000 reported killed, most of them Muslims.
A terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda kills more than 200 people in the 2002 Bali bombings.[1]
The second-largest earthquake ever recorded occurs in the Indian Ocean, triggering the Asian Tsunami. Indonesia suffers the heaviest damage with 167,736 dead, 37,063 missing and 500,000+ displaced.