Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
17195 Silver Parkway #401
Fenton, MI 48430
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A prominent scholar of mainstream, traditional Islam, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani has spent his life spreading the teachings of peace, tolerance, respect and love that are the message of Islam throughout the world. Here in the United States for the last eleven years, Shaykh Kabbani has continued to disseminate the light and peace of Islam's spiritual dimension to people of every background, ethnicity, race, and belief. |
§ Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
§ Medical studies in Louvain, Belgium.
§ Degree in Islamic Divine Law, Damascus, Syria.
§ License to teach, guide and counsel students in Islamic spirituality from the renowned Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil, authority of the Hanafi school of Islamic law in the Middle East and world leader of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order.
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§ Co-Chair, Council of Muslim Leadership
§ Chairman, Islamic Supreme Council of America
§ President, The Muslim Magazine
§ U.S. Leader, Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order
§ Chairman, As-Sunnah Foundation of America
§ Chairman, Kamilat Muslim women’s organization
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Advisor,
UnityOne, an organization devoted to ending gang violence. § Advisor, Human Rights Council, U.S.A. for supporting the establishment of human rights and freedom in all nations. |
June 2004 Met with His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan and presented him with an invitation to Islamic leaders’ conference, Indonesia, winter 2004.
May 2004 Keynote speaker at Universal Muslim Association of America in Washington, DC. Topic: “Extremism is inconsistent with Islam.”
May 2004 Keynote speaker at Islamic Studies and Research of Association in Columbia, SC. Topic: “Classical Islam: religion of mercy.”
May 2004 Keynote speaker at international religious conference in Indonesia. Met with Indonesia’s vice presidential candidates. In Malaysia met with Minister of Education His Excellency Tun Hishamuddin Hussein and with Crown Prince of Perak, HRH Raja Muda bin Azlan Shah.
April 2004 Keynote speaker at conference, “Beyond Radical Islam?” held by LeFrak Forum and Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy at Michigan State University and the Ethics and Public Policy Center of Washington, DC.
February 2004 Led an international delegation to Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. In Thailand presented a paper at the Thailand Leadership Forum, toured Buddhist shrines and met religious leaders; Performed Celebration of Remembrance with 140,000 students in Indonesia’s Istiklal Mosque; met privately with Malaysian Prime Minister His Excellency Dato Seri Abdallah Badawi.
January 2004 Met with His Excellency Recep Tayyib Erdogan Prime Minister of Turkey to discuss building interfaith dialogue between US academics and scholars and their Turkish counterparts.
January 2004 Keynote speech to annual board meeting of the American Foreign Policy Council.
December 2003 Represented US Muslims at 3-day interfaith conference of international religious leaders held in Spain.
October 2003 Joined President George W. Bush for Iftar at the White House. Gave the keynote address at the Nixon Center conference on Sufism and US Policy.
July and October 2003 Led two international delegation to Indonesia and Malaysia to meet with government and religious leaders as part of a campaign against religious extremism; addressed more than 100,000 Muslims in Indonesia’s Mosque Istiklal, calling for religious tolerance, and opened a new institute dedicated to teaching classical Islam.
May 2003 Spoke at Conference on Islam and America, sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC.
May 2003 Addressed conference of federal prison chaplains sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons in Ann Arbor, Michigan; warned of danger posed by extremists within federal corrections system.
January-February 2003 Traveled across the U.S. to convene grassroots coalition meetings and community watch groups to prevent the rise of religious extremism and to promote traditional Islam.
November 2002 Met with President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, respectively, at White House and State Department events for Ramadan.
September 2002 Met with President George W. Bush for his official Proclamation of the Days of Remembrance and Prayers September 6-9, 2002.
August 2002 Invited as a guest of the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, to visit the republic and explore issues of religious educational development.
July 2002 Presented a paper entitled “Understanding Sharia” at the Freedom House conference in Washington, DC, as well as a paper on “Islam and Democracy” for the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
March 2002 Met with His Excellency President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan during his first official visit to the U.S. and discussed future plans for mutual cooperation.
March 2002 Met with Asst. Secretary of Defense, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz and his staff to introduce the activities of ISCA and its promotion of moderate Islam throughout the world.
March 2002 Guest speaker at the American Society for Industrial Security on the topic of “Traditional Islam in the U.S.”
February 2002 Signed Memorandum of Understanding with State Minister of Indonesia on the building of civil society infrastructure and the promotion of traditional Islam.
February 2002 Met with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Youth for Malaysia to discuss issues facing the Muslim world after 9-11.
September 2001 Advised numerous government agencies on issues of national security as it relates to radical religious insurgents, both domestically and abroad.
May 2001 Led the ISCA Asian Tour to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Japan.
April 2001 Led a hundred-member delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan as a guest of the President of Uzbekistan.
January 2001 Guest of Honor, Annual Meeting of the National Committee of American Foreign Policy.
October 2000 Met with various ministers and the President of Indonesia.
September 2000 Delegate to the UNESCO conference on inter-religious dialogue in Uzbekistan.
August 2000 Met with His Excellency President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan.
April 2000 Keynote speaker at Central Asia–Caucasus Institute (CACI) of Johns Hopkins University conference on The Emergence of Religious Extremism in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
March 2000 Met with His Excellency President Denktash and the foreign minister of Cyprus.
January 2000 Met with U.S. President Bill Clinton at a White House event in honor of Ramadan.
November 1999 Joined U.S. Congressional representatives in generating nationwide support for an official stamp recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
February 1999 Hosted by President Aslan Maskhadov of Chechnya on three week
fact-finding mission to Grozny and surrounding war-torn areas; shared findings with various government agencies and political analysts.
February 1, 1999 Appointed representative of the Muslim faith for Vice President Al Gore’s conference on “Corruption in Government,” February, 1999.
January 7, 1999 Keynote speaker at “Islamic Extremism” Open Forum at the U.S. Department of State.
January 6, 1999 Keynote Speaker at forum on “The Evolution of Wahhabism” at Johns Hopkins University, Central Asia – Caucasus Institute.
August 7 – 9, 1998 Chaired the 2nd International Islamic Unity Conference in Washington, DC.
Accomplishments in North America
§ Founded 23 Islamic study and meeting centers in the U.S. and Canada.
§ Founded an Islamic retreat and healing center in Michigan.
§ Founded the Islamic Supreme Council of America, an educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of informative material on Islam and the presentation of an authentic, scholarly Islamic viewpoint on world affairs.
§ Established the American branch of the Haqqani Educational Foundation, dedicated to promoting the fundamental teachings of Islamic belief, including tolerance, respect and peace.
§ Served as advisor and speaker, Northern California Interfaith Conference, San Francisco.
§ Established As-Sunna Foundation of America for developing, publishing and organizing conferences to provide classical Islamic education.
§ Chairman of American Muslim Assistance relief organization, working to help the indigent, orphans and refugees in America and throughout the world.
§ Founder of the Muslim Magazine, top-rated English-language Islamic newsmagazine with a truly moderate approach.
§ Founder of Kamilat, international Muslim women’s organization.
§ Co-Founder of Alliance for Islamic Culture and Arts.
§ Founder of top-rated websites: muslimmag.org, wads.com, ca-mall.com, sunnah.org, kamilat.org, unityone.org, islamicsupremecouncil.org, naqshbandi.org, naqshbandi.net, alhaq.com, amahelp.com
§ Works closely with the government and people of Uzbekistan to restore traditional Islamic practices and prevent the increase of religious radicals in the region.
§ Co-founder of the Haqqani Worldwide Educational Foundation center for teaching Islamic Divine Law and spirituality in London, England, which houses over 800 students each year and more than 2,000 students per year who attend seminars, workshops and retreats for learning about the essentials of Islam.
§ Speaker and advisor, Inter-Religious Organization, Singapore.
§ Working at the highest political levels to support relief efforts in Bosnia, Kosova, Afghanistan, Iraq, his native Lebanon and Somalia.
§ Supporting peace initiatives in the Middle East, Bosnia, Kashmir, Afghanistan and Kosova.
§ Working to free political prisoners and prisoners of conscience the world-over.
§ Working with international organizations to establish the International Day of the Orphan as a globally-observed day for highlighting the plight of orphans, foster children and child victims of abuse.
§ Chairman of the highly successful International Islamic Unity Conference, whose second conference took place in Washington, DC from August 7-9, 1998.
§ Co-developer and former General Manager of the Islamic Jeddah Medical Center in Saudi Arabia.
§ Was invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to attend the opening of his first healing clinic in October 1998.
§ Met with Devi Gowda, former PM of India, and C.M. Ibrahim, at that time Aviation Minister of India, when they were all guests at the 7th annual conference of the IMRC in San Jose, 1997.
BOOKS
§ Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Way, 840 pp. detailing Naqshbandi Sufi tradition of classical Islam.
§ The Approach to Armageddon? An Islamic Perspective, 294 pp. details Islam’s perspectives on science and technology and prophecies regarding end times and Judgment Day.
§ Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine and Beliefs - 5 years in research and writing, 1500 pp. 7-volume, set describes Islamic beliefs according to the classical approach of the major schools of jurisprudence and doctrine.
§ The Naqshbandi Sufi Way: History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain
§ Encyclopedia of Muhammad's Women Companions.
§ Angels Unveiled - a modern view of a traditional subject.
§ Pearls & Coral, Volumes I and II, classical Islamic teachings couched in an easy-to-read informal format.
and many others…
ARTICLES (available through www.islamicsupremecouncil.org)
· Understanding Sharia - Islamic Law from the classical Islamic perspective
· Islam & Democracy
· Terrorist Threat in America: Extremist Wave Threatens to Engulf Muslim Americans
· Radicalism: Its Wahhabi Roots and Current Representation
· Jihad: A Misunderstood Concept from Islam
