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As of 2011, Amir Hamza, a member of LET's central advisory committee, actively maintained LET's relationships with other groups under the direction of LET emir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. Hamza has led an LET-associated charity and, as of 2010, was also an officer and member of an LET university trust that was led by Saeed.
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- ↑ Arif Jamal, "Analyzing the Role of the Top LeT Ideologue: A Profile of Amir Hamza" in Militant Leadership Monitor, Volume III, Issue 6 (June 2012), p. 6
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'We received donations from certain Arab individuals, but they don't want their names to be announced,' said Amir Hamza, editor of the group's monthly publication. 'The brutal bombings don't kill the spirit of these great people.'
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- ↑ Christine Fair, In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 93
- ↑ Samina Yasmin, Jihad and Dawah: Evolving Narratives of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamat Ud Dawah, Oxford University Press (2017), pp. 270-271