The statements that accurately describe al-Qaeda's belief are:
A. Al-Qaeda fears and hates the freedom of thought and religion that the United States and other democracies cherish.
D. Al-Qaeda teaches an extreme, distorted, and inaccurate version of Islam.
Al-Qaeda is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and plenty other Arab volunteers during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The organization has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, and various other countries.