Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia

Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia (LDI, also known as the “Islamic Call Committee”) is a Muslim non-governmental organization based in Kuwait.

In the fall of 2001 United States President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13224, which listed several dozen organizations that American intelligence analysts asserted were tied to terrorism.

[1] This included Lajnat Al-Da'wa al Islamia' (LDI), which American intelligence analysts said had provided logistic support to terrorist groups.

[2] The ARB was told that Zahid was one of the older brothers of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known to be a member of the senior leadership of Al Qaeda.

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.