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{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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|name =Abdul Rehman Makki 
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|birth_date ={{circa|1948}}<ref name=rewardsforjustice.net/> 
|birth_place =[[Bahawalpur]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
|organization =Jamaat-ud-Dawah<br>[[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
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|occupation =Professor (retd.) at [[Islamic University of Madinah]]
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|children = Owaid Rehman Makki (Deceased)
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'''Abdul Rehman Makki''' is an Islamist activist and the second-in-command of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a [[Pakistan|Pakistani]] Islamic welfare organization of [[Ahl-i Hadith|Ahl-e-Hadith]] and the political arm of the UN-designated terrorist organization [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] which aims to install Islamist rule of law and governance in Pakistan.<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>

The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] has designated Makki as a Specially Designated International Terrorist. It has announced a reward of $2 million through its [[Rewards for Justice Program]] for information leading to the location of Makki.<ref name=rewardsforjustice.net>{{cite web|title=Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki |url=http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=makki&language=english |work=Articles |publisher=Rewards for Justice Website |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67vVceLrm?url=http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=makki&language=english |archive-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Makki is alleged to be in proximity to Taliban's supreme commander [[Mohammed Omar|Mullah Omar]] and [[al-Qaeda]]'s [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]].<ref name=toi_brother-in-law/>

Makki is popular in Pakistan for his anti-India speeches.<ref name=toi_brother-in-law>{{cite news|last=Parashar|first=Sachin|title=Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki is a conduit between Lashkar-e-Taiba and Taliban|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-05/pakistan/31293871_1_hafiz-saeed-indian-agencies-mullah-omar|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|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 April 2012}}</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=Archived copy |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>

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 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 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvi-s-nephew-among-six-terrorists-killed-in-kashmir-2560957 |title=Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's nephew among six terrorists killed in Kashmir |access-date=23 November 2017 |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 |url-status=live |date=19 November 2017 }}
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==References==
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==External links==

{{War on Terror}}

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[[Category:Pakistani Islamists]]
[[Category:Lashkar-e-Taiba members]]
[[Category:People from Bahawalpur]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Islamic University of Madinah faculty]]

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