I think my jaw dropped and became unhinged reading this paragraph.
From Peter Bergens's The Longest war: “Al-Qaedas bylaws covered annual budgets; who controlled which money accounts; salary levels (including a discussion of extra pay for those members with multiple wives); the frequency of airline tickets for members of the group to visit families back home; the proper distribution of medical benefits; the scale of furniture allowances; the special provisions that were made for those with disabilities; and the grounds for dismissal from the group. Al Qaeda even had a generous vacation policy with a week off for its married recruits for every three weeks served.
Update: they also were also semi unionized