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From Peter Arnett’s ’97 interview with bin Laden:

REPORTER: Mr. Bin Ladin, if the Islamic movement takes over Saudi Arabia, what would your attitude to the West be and will the price of oil be higher?

BIN LADIN: We are a nation and have a long history, with the grace of God, Praise and Glory be to Him. We are now in the 15th century of this great religion, the complete and comprehensive methodology, has clarified the dealing between and individual and another, the duties of the believer towards God, Praise and Glory be to Him, and the relationship between the Muslim country and the other countries in time of peace and in time of war. If we look back at our history, we will find that there were many types of dealings between the Muslim nation and the other nations in time of peace and in time of war, including treaties and matters to do with commerce. So it is not a new thing that we need to come up with. rather, it already, by the grace of God, exists. As for oil, it is a commodity that will be subject to the price of the market according to supply and demand. We believe that the current prices are not realistic due to the Saudi regime playing the role of a US agent and the pressures exercised by the US on the Saudi regime to increase production and flooding the market that caused a sharp decrease in oil prices.

Bin Laden’s interview is noted with a green line in the chart below, based on one from the BBC. The last “sharp decrease in oil prices” followed the Gulf War, which suggests that bin Laden’s rather shallow theology was formulated in mid-’91 or soon thereafter (an aspect that could have been exploited, if US intelligence had been more deliberate).

In addition to His ninety-nine attributes, then, Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, seems to be a garden-variety free-marketeer.