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| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]<br />
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| other_names = Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz<br />
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'''Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq''' (born 17 August 1943,<ref name=unlist/> [[Hyderabad]]) is an [[India]]n-[[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] [[jihad]]ist. He became known by his ''nom de guerre'' '''Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz''' after leading one of [[Bosnia]]'s early [[Bosnian mujahideen|mujahideen]] groups. Bahaziq is subject to [[United Nations Security Council]] sanctions for funding [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT) since the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref name=un2008/><ref name=unlist/><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Bahaziq was born to a [[Hadhrami people|Hadhrami]] couple in [[Hyderabad]], in the [[Indian subcontinent]].{{sfn|Li|2019|p=36}} When he was ten, the family moved to [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], where they received Saudi citizenship.{{sfn|Li|2019|p=39}} Bahaziq graduated from high school in [[Syria]] in 1967.{{sfn|Li|2019|p=39}} He later was employed by [[Saudia Airlines]]. He married his wife Azza in 1973.{{sfn|Li|2019|pp=39-40}}<br />
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== Joining the global jihad ==<br />
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In the 1980s, Bahaziq became interested in the [[Afghan jihad]]. He travelled to a training camp in [[Pakistan]] run by [[Osama bin Laden]]. He fought in [[Afghanistan]] in 1988 and came back to Pakistan, where he met members of [[Ahl-i Hadith]] movement. At that time, he became involved with the [[Islamist]] terrorist organization [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT).{{sfn|Li|2019|pp=40-41}}<br />
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== Bosnian mujahideen ==<br />
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During the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], the [[Bosnia War]] erupted in April 1992. The same month, the [[Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)|Afghan War]] ended, and some mujahideen leaders decided to continue the jihad in Bosnia.{{sfn|Li|2019|p=41}}<br />
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Bahaziq was one of the early movers. He and four other militants travelled to [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]], to meet contacts and parted to [[Travnik]] in central Bosnia where they joined a new Muslim militia. During his participation in the Bosnia War, he adopted the [[Kunya (Arabic)|kunya]] Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz as his ''nom de guerre''.{{sfn|Li|2019|p=41}}<br />
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In December 1992, Bahaziq left Bosnia and became proselytize and fundraise for the global jihad, travelling through the [[Arab world]], the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].{{sfn|Li|2019|pp=41-42}}<br />
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== Lashkar-e-Taiba funding ==<br />
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In the aftermath of the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], the [[United Nations Security Council]] [[Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee]] added [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] to its sanctions lists. Later that year, Bahaziq was also listed as a financer of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]].<ref name=un2008>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUKN10334304|title=Pakistanis added to UN sanctions list after Mumbai|work=Reuters|date=10 December 2008|first=Louis|last=Charbonneau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404201428/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUKN10334304|archive-date=4 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=unlist>{{Cite web|url=https://scsanctions.un.org/r/|website=United Nations|title=United Nations Security Council Consolidated List|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{Cite Q|Q106367649|author=Li, Darryl|ref={{harvid|Li|2019}}}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://azzambooknet.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/interview-with-abu-abdel-aziz-sirat-al-mustaqeem.pdf Interview with Abu Abdel Aziz] (1994). ''Azzam Booknet''.<br />
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