Ahmed Khadr was a senior Electrical Engineer, before becoming a charity worker.  He was a Professor at a College in Bahrain in the early 1980s.  So, no I would  doubt he had a "/third world mentality/"

Note: while the Taliban and al Qaeda believe that women should be kept illiterate, the Khadrs made sure their daughters received a good education, and they also provided an education for the girl orphans in the orphanages they ran.