Zahid Al-Sheikh

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Zahid Al-Sheikh is believed to have fought against the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan, and to have worked in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.^[1]

Zahid is an older brother of a senior member of the al Qaeda leadership, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. American intelligence analysts alleged, during Adel Hassan Hamad's Combatant Status Review Tribunal and Administrative Review Board hearing that Zahid was tied to terrorism and that Hamad's acquaintanceship with him was one of the factors in favor of his continued detention.^[1]

American intelligence analysts alleged that Zahid was the director of the Jelazee Refugee Camp in Pakistan, and the director of Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia (LDI) in Pakistan.^[1] Hamad confirmed that Zahid had been a director of LDI when he first worked as a teacher for the Hira Islamic Institute in the Jelazee Refugee Center, which was supported by LDI, but he told his hearing that Zahid was never the director of the camp.^[2]

American intelligence analysts told Hamad's hearing that "other sources" identified Zahid as holding extremist views. Hamad replied that his relationship with Zahid was a purely administrative one, but he did not believe Zahid was an extremist.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b c d} Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Adel Hassan Hamad's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 248
2. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Adel Hassan Hamad's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 255