Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia

Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia (also known as the “Islamic Call Committee”) is a Kuwaiti based Muslim non-governmental organization.[1] The Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia's mandate is to serve as a humanitarian aid organization.

In the fall of 2001 United States President issued Executive Order 13224, which listed several dozen organizations that American intelligence analysts asserted were tied to terrorism.[1] Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia was one of the organizations listed. American intelligence analysts assert that Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia has provided logistic support to terrorist groups.

Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia and the Guantanamo captives

Allegations of association with Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia was among the justifications American intelligence analysts offered for the continued detention of Guantanamo captives.[2]

During the Administrative Review Board hearing of Adel Hassan Hamad Zahid Al-Sheikh was alleged to have been one of the directors of Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia.[2] The Administrative Review Board was told that Zahid Al-Sheikh was one of the older brothers of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a member of the senior leadership of Al Qaeda.

On April 25, 2011, the whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published a formerly secret assessment of Somalia captive Muhamed Hussein Abdallah. The assessment noted that in 1986 Abdallah worked as teacher at the Jalozai refugee camp, at a school sponsored by the LDI, at a time when Zahid Al-Sheikh was a director of the organization.[3]

Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia leadership

A press release from the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance, said the Minister received a delegation from the Islamic Call Committee.[4] The press release named Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al-Saud as the Head of (Islamic) Call Committee in Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 "Terrorism and Financial Intelligence: Presidential Order 13224". United States Treasury. Retrieved January 10, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Summarized transcript, from Adel Hassan Hamad's Administrative Review Board hearing" (PDF). OARDEC. 2005. p. 248. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-04-08. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  3. ↑ Jay W. Hood (2011-04-27). "Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Muhamed Hussein Abdallah, US9SO-000704DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks". The Telegraph (UK). p. 2. Retrieved 2013-04-24. In 1986, detainee moved to Pakistan (PK) and got a teaching job with the Kuwaiti NGO, Lajnat Al Dawa Al-Islamiyya (LDI), in Peshawar. (Analytical Note, LDI is listed as a Tier 3 NGO. Tier 3 NGOs are defined as having available resources and are in a position to support terrorist organizations willing to attack US persons or interests.) He was placed as a teacher in an orphanage in the Jalozai Afghan Refugee Camp in Pakistan. The orphanage was known as The Hira Institute, but was run by the LDI's main office in Peshawar, PK. The director of the LDI office was Zahid Al Sheikh Mohammed. (Analytical Note: Zahid Al Sheikh Mohammed is the brother of Kalidh Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). KSM was the military head of UBL's Al-Qaida organization.) After employment with LDI from 1983 to 1986, detainee got a job with the Islamic International Relief Organization (IIRO). line feed character in |quote= at position 857 (help)
  4. ↑ "Minister of Islamic Affairs receives officials". Saudi Press Agency. Retrieved January 10, 2007.


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