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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Rehman Makki 
| image =
| caption =
| blank1 = Religion
| data1 = [[Islam]]
| blank2 = Denomination
| data2 = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]
| blank3 = [[Religious movement|Movement]]
| data3 = [[Ahl-e-Hadith]]
| blank4 = Nationality
| data4 = [[Pakistani]]
| birth_date = 1948 or December 10, 1954<ref name="rewardsforjustice.net"/>
| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| party = Jamaat-ud-Dawah
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| occupation = Professor (retd.) at [[Islamic University of Madinah]]
| years_active =
| successor =
| spouse(s) =
| children = Owaid Rehman Makki {{KIA}}
| allegiance = [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
| battles = *[[Kashmir conflict]]
*[[Kashmir Intifada]]
*[[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
| module =
| rank = Second-in-command of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) & [[Naib]] [[Emir|Ameer]] of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT)
| relations = [[Hafiz Muhammad Saeed]] (brother-in-law)
}}
'''Abdul Rehman [[Makkah|Makki]]''' is a Pakistani radical [[Islamist]] activist and the second-in-command of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) a [[Pakistan]]i Islamic welfarist militant political organization and [[Naib]] [[Emir|Ameer]] of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT), the [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] [[Islamist]] militant organisation which is operating against India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai Terror Attacks Fast Facts|date=19 September 2013 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/mumbai-terror-attacks/|publisher=CNN|access-date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522031149/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/mumbai-terror-attacks/|archive-date=22 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rewardsforjustice.net"/> He is the cousin and brother-in-law of [[Hafiz Muhammad Saeed]].<ref name=Walsh>{{cite news|last=Walsh|first=Declan|title=U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Pakistani Militant allegedly Tied to Mumbai Attacks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/world/asia/us-offers-10-million-reward-for-pakistani-militant.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 April 2012}}</ref> He has previously taught at the [[Islamic University of Madinah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and, in 2004, released a book showing how [[fedayeen]] operations are not [[suicide attacks]].<ref>Christine Fair, ''In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba'', Oxford University Press (2019), p. 91</ref>

Abdul Rehman Makki, alongside Hafiz Saeed, is currently working for [[Difa-e-Pakistan Council|Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC)]] which is designated to defend the interests of Pakistan and to agitate against the drone attacks in [[Waziristan]], Pakistan. DPC, in its own words, is against the war in Afghanistan. It has also protested against the NATO supplies going through Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/165216/ |title=Agitation against drone attacks Difa-e-Pakistan Council to hold protest in City on 15th |access-date=29 October 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204065955/http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/165216/ |archive-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Makki is alleged to be in proximity to Taliban's supreme commander [[Mullah Omar]] and [[al-Qaeda]]'s [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]].<ref name="toi_brother-in-law2">{{cite news |last=Parashar |first=Sachin |date=5 April 2012 |title=Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki is a conduit between Lashkar-e-Taiba and Taliban |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-05/pakistan/31293871_1_hafiz-saeed-indian-agencies-mullah-omar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701093459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-05/pakistan/31293871_1_hafiz-saeed-indian-agencies-mullah-omar |archive-date=1 July 2012}}</ref> He is popular in Pakistan for his anti-India speeches.<ref name="toi_brother-in-law2" /> In 2017, his son, Owaid Rehman Makki was killed in operation by Indian security forces in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>
{{Cite web |date=19 November 2017 |title=Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's nephew among six terrorists killed in Kashmir |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvi-s-nephew-among-six-terrorists-killed-in-kashmir-2560957 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927040803/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvi-s-nephew-among-six-terrorists-killed-in-kashmir-2560957 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |access-date=23 November 2017}}
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The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] has designated Makki as a [[Specially Designated International Terrorist]]. It lists his address in [[Muridke]], the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MAKKI, HAFIZ ABDUL REHMAN |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=12295 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}</ref> Rewards for Justice Terror List has a announced reward of upto $2 million for information leading to the location of Makki.<ref name="rewardsforjustice.net">{{cite web |title=Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki |url=https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/hafiz-abdul-rahman-makki/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=[[Rewards for Justice]] |publisher=}}</ref>

Pakistan's foreign minister, [[Hina Rabbani Khar]] has said that they would need hard evidence to prosecute Hafiz Saeed and his allies such as Abdul Rehman Makki.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/world/asia/pakistani-officials-criticize-united-states-bounty-for-militant-leader-hafiz-saeed.html |title=Pakistanis Criticize U.S. Reward for Militant |first=Salman | last=Masood |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 April 2012 |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2020, an [[Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan]] convicted Makki for terror financing and sentenced him to jail but this was commuted to a {{PKR|50,000|link=yes}} fine by another court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhattacherjee |first=Kallol |date=2022-06-18 |title=Abdul Rehman Makki {{!}} LeT's terror financier |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/abdul-rehman-makki-lets-terror-financier/article65538283.ece |access-date=2022-10-05 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="rewardsforjustice.net" />

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |title=Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki |url=https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/hafiz-abdul-rahman-makki/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=[[Rewards for Justice]] |publisher=}}

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