Omar Bin Laden, son to September 11, 2001 mastermind Osama Bin Laden, wants to join the United Nations as a peace campaigner.
In an interview released on Thursday by the
New Statesman, the son of Osama Bin Laden, Omar Bin Laden, stated he wants to work for the United Nations to promote peace, according to the
Hindustan Times.
Osama wanted his sons to take up the arms businesses but Omar rejected because he doesn’t like “disagreement or violence.” He further added, “He never asked me to join Al Qaeda, but he did tell me I was the son chosen to carry on his work. He was disappointed when I said I was not suited to that life.”
When asked if he would ever become a politician he replied that he would not be a good politician because, as he says, he has a “habit” of speaking the truth and he would rather be in a position to promote peace, “I believe that the United Nations would be ideal for me."
The Telegraph notes that when he was asked about his memory of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, he remembers being woken up by his uncle yelling, “Look at what your father has done!” After he woke up, he gathered with his family in front of the television and described it as a very sad day, “I did not agree with my uncle's reaction. I never thought my father was capable of the carnage in America – it was too big for his small organization.”
His new book “Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife And Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World” was released last month and co-authored with his mother Najwa and bestselling writer Jean Sasson who told the
BBC, “the shocking thing is how normal Omar is.”
Sasson added, “Omar cares for other people. When you have that sensitivity, you can't go out and murder other people. He wants to do the opposite of what his father is doing, and convince people that violence is never the answer to disagreements.”
In April 2001, Omar Bin Laden ended any contact with his father.
