UN an infidel organisation, says Laden deputy in book

Montasser El-Zayat, a Muslim fundamentalist who spent time in prison with Al-Zawahri said that he believed the Egyptian doctor was the author and that Allegiance and Repudiation rehashes old ideas.

‘‘It is a continuation of Al-Zawahri’s ideas that call for the toppling of Islamic or Arab governments which do not rule according to Islamic laws and jihad against the infidels,’’ El-Zayat said. El-Zayat is a proponent of bringing Islamic rule by peaceful means and has criticised Al-Zawahri for embracing violence.

Al-Zawahri is on the most-wanted list of US anti-terrorism officials for 9/11. His whereabouts are unclear.

Allegiance calls government-appointed religious leaders, journalists, writers, thinkers, law enforcement and government officials ‘‘assistants’’ of corrupt rulers who have helped the ‘‘infidels maintain their control on the Muslims countries.’’ Infidels is a term Al-Zawahri uses to refer to westerners.

The treatise also says Muslims should shun the United Nations, and that Arab and Muslim rulers commit a double sin when they do not abide by Islamic tenet and associate ‘‘with the Christians and Jews’’ at the world body.

Without naming it, the treatise attacked Saudi Arabia for its close ties with the US. It describes Afghanistan’s new rulers as ‘‘bandits who earn their salaries from the American forces.’’