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A Profile of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Revanchist Ideologue: Abdul Rahman Makki

Publication: Volume: 3 Issue: 5
May 31, 2012 06:21 PM Age: 359 days
Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Home Page

By: Animesh Roul

Known for his Saudi Salafist links, idolization of Osama bin Laden and for keeping close liaisons with Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, Abdur Rahman Makki is one of the founding members of Markaz Dawa-wal-Irshad (MDI). MDI is the parent body of Pakistan based terrorist-linked charity Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) and its militant wing, the deadly Lashkar-e-Taiba. [1] A former Saudi University teacher and an acknowledged revanchist, Makki is notorious for his incendiary anti-U.S. and anti-India speeches as well as his overt justifications of fidayeen (suicide) missions. [2] 

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