Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq

Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq
Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq
Born	August 17, 1943 (age 80); Hyderabad, India
Nationality	Saudi Arabia
Other names	Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz
Known for	Bosnian mujahideen; Lashkar-e-Taiba;

Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq (17 August 1943,

Bosnia's early mujahideen groups. Bahaziq is subject to United Nations Security Council sanctions for funding Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.^[2]^[1]

Early life

Bahaziq was born to a

Saudia Airlines. He married his wife Azza in 1973.^[5]

Joining the global jihad

In the 1980s, Bahaziq became interested in the

Islamist terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).^[6]

Bosnian mujahideen

During the

Bosnia War erupted in April 1992. The same month, the Afghan War ended, and some mujahideen leaders decided to continue the jihad in Bosnia.^[7]

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 Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz as his nom de guerre.^[7]

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.^[8]

Lashkar-e-Taiba funding

In the aftermath of the

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.^[2]^[1]