In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq was listed on 10 December 2008 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1822 (2008) as being associated with Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QDe.118) and Al-Qaida (QDe.004) for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts of activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” both entities.
Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq is a Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) (QDe.118) financier. He is credited with being the main financier behind the establishment of the LeT and its activities in the 1980s and the 1990s. He has also served as a leader of LeT in Saudi Arabia. In 2003, Bahaziq coordinated LeT’s fundraising activities with non-governmental organizations and businessmen in Saudi Arabia, and encouraged LeT operatives to continue and accelerate fundraising and organizing activities. As of mid-2005, Bahaziq played a key role in LeT’s propaganda and media operations.