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| Born | 1948 or December 10, 1954[1] |
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| Born | Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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| Political party | Jamaat-ud-Dawah
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| Children | Owaid Rehman Makki Template:KIA
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| Occupation | Professor (retd.) at Islamic University of Madinah
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Abdul Rehman Makki is a Pakistani radical Islamist activist and the second-in-command of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) a Pakistani Islamic welfarist militant political organization and Naib Ameer of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistani Islamist militant organisation which is operating against India.[2][1] He is the cousin and brother-in-law of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.[3] 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.[4]
Abdul Rehman Makki, alongside Hafiz Saeed, is currently working for 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.[5]
Makki is alleged to be in proximity to Taliban's supreme commander Mullah Omar and al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri.[6] He is popular in Pakistan for his anti-India speeches.[6] In 2017, his son, Owaid Rehman Makki was killed in operation by Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir[7]
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.[8] Rewards for Justice Terror List has a announced reward of upto $2 million for information leading to the location of Makki.[1]
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.[9]
In 2020, an Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan convicted Makki for terror financing and sentenced him to jail but this was commuted to a Template:PKR fine by another court.[10][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki.
- ↑ Mumbai Terror Attacks Fast Facts. CNN(19 September 2013). Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Pakistani Militant allegedly Tied to Mumbai Attacks. The New York Times(3 April 2012).
- ↑ Christine Fair, In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Oxford University Press (2019), p. 91
- ↑ Agitation against drone attacks Difa-e-Pakistan Council to hold protest in City on 15th. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki is a conduit between Lashkar-e-Taiba and Taliban. The Times of India(5 April 2012).
- ↑ Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's nephew among six terrorists killed in Kashmir(19 November 2017). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ MAKKI, HAFIZ ABDUL REHMAN. sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ Pakistanis Criticize U.S. Reward for Militant. The New York Times(5 April 2012).
- ↑ Abdul Rehman Makki | LeT's terror financier. The Hindu(2022-06-18). Retrieved 2022-10-05.