Fazlur Rehman Khalil

Fazlur Rehman Khalil
فضل الرحمن خليل
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materJamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
Political partyHarkat-ul-Mujahideen

Fazal ur Rehman Khalil (Urdu: فضل الرحمن خليل c. 1963) is a founder of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and current leader of Ansar-ul-Umma, which is accused of being a front organization of the banned HuM.[1] He also runs the Jamia Khalid Bin Walid, a madrasa or Islamic seminary located in the Shams Colony of Islamabad’s Golra town which has been accused of supporting the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.[2] He is considered to be close to the Talibans and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.[3]

He was sanctioned as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control; where he is listed as a maulana and qari born in 1963 in Pakistan with addresses in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.[4]

  1. ^ Hasan, Syed Shoaib (20 February 2012). "Resurgence of Pakistan's religious right". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ^ Azeem, Munawer (7 April 2014). "TTP getting active support from seminaries in twin cities: report". Dawn News.
  3. ^ Kaswar Klasra (4 November 2018), "After murder of Pakistan’s Sami ul-Haq, who can build bridges with the Taliban?", Al Arabiya. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ "KHALIL, Fazl-ur Rehman". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 8 September 2022.