Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

A world-renowned religious scholar, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is featured in the ground-breaking book published by Georgetown University, The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World—2009. For decades he has promoted traditional Islamic principles of peace, tolerance, love, compassion and brotherhood, while rigorously opposing extremism in all its forms. He hails from a respected family of traditional Islamic scholars, which includes the former head of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Lebanon and the present grand mufti (highest Islamic religious authority) of Lebanon. Shaykh Kabbani is highly trained, both as a western scientist and an Islamic scholar. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and later studied medicine. Under the instruction of Shaykh `AbdAllāh ad-Daghestani, upon whose personal notes this book is based, he holds a degree in Islamic Divine Law. Shaykh Muħammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, world leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order, authorized him to teach and counsel students in Sufism. In his long-standing endeavor to promote a better understanding of traditional Islam, in February 2010, Shaykh Kabbani hosted HRH Charles, the Prince of Wales at a cultural event at the revered Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, U.K. He has hosted two international conferences in the U.S., and regional conferences on a host of issues, which attracted moderate Muslim scholars from Asia, the Far East, Middle East, Africa, U.K. and Eastern Europe. His counsel is sought by journalists, academics, policymakers and government leaders. For thirty years, Shaykh Kabbani has consistently promoted peaceful cooperation among people of all beliefs. Since the early 1990s, he has launched numerous endeavors to bring moderate Muslims into the mainstream. Often at great personal risk, he has been instrumental in awakening Muslim social consciousness regarding the religious duty to stand firm against extremism and terrorism, for the benefit of all. His bright, hopeful outlook, with a goal to honor and serve all humanity, has helped millions understand the difference between moderate mainstream Muslims and minority extremist sects. In the United States, Shaykh Kabbani serves as Chairman, Islamic Supreme Council of America; Founder, Naqshbandi Sufi Order of America; Advisor, World Organization for Resource Development and Education; Chairman, As-Sunnah Foundation of America; Chairman, Kamilat Muslim Women’s Organization; and Founder, The Muslim Magazine. In the United Kingdom, Shaykh Kabbani is an advisor to Sufi Muslim Council, which consults to the British government on public policy and social and religious issues. Education 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. Publications Books Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition, 840 pp. The Approach of Armageddon? An Islamic Perspective, 294 pp. Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine – 5 years in research and writing, 1500 pp. 7-volume, Islamic beliefs according to the classical approach of the major schools. Encyclopedia of Muhammad’s Women Companions. Angels Unveiled – a modern view of a traditional subject. Other Titles: At the Feet of My Master (2010, 2 vols.), The Nine-fold Ascent (2009), Banquet for the Soul (2008), Illuminations (2007), Universe Rising (2007), Symphony of Remembrance (2007), A Spiritual Commentary on the Chapter of Sincerity (2006), Sufi Science of Self-Realization (Fons Vitae, 2005), Keys To the Divine Kingdom (2005), Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Order (2004), The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition Guidebook (2004), The Approach of Armageddon? An Islamic Perspective (2003), and Remembrance of God Liturgy of the Sufi Naqshbandi Masters (1994).