His family is steeped in Al Qaeda ties. He has many relatives in Al Qaeda.
It is probably quite true...everyone has many familial and tribal connections. It is not unusual for members of the Royal family as well as the rich families to have 30+ brothers and sisters and hundreds of first cousins. With families that big, it is quite possible to have differing loyalties... Bin Laden himself is good example of the differing loyalties and was on the outs with most of his family...But don’t take that the wrong way, the old saying of “me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against the world” still stands.