The Islamic Supreme Council of America ( ISCA ) is a sufi based religious organization and think tank allegedly closely associated with the neoconservative lobby in the United States founded by the Naqshbandi Shaykh Hisham Kabbani.

" Nizar Kabbani, perhaps the Arab world's most renowned modern poet, described him as ` the last prophet `, and the scale of popular veneration for him in Egypt, or the wider Arab world, is " arguably greater than that of any other political leader since the prophet Muhammed ," according to author Tarek Osman.

The Naqshbandi Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, founding member and current chairman of ISCA, is critical of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) and the American Muslim Council, saying, " There are many Muslim organizations that claim to speak on behalf of the Muslim community but that in reality are not moderate, but extremist.

We shall speak about the Great Grandsheikh Abdullah Dagestani ,( Haqqani-Naqshbandi order ) and quote a small passage from his Biography written by Sheikh Hisham Kabbani :-

In 1999, Kabbani came into conflict with various Muslim groups including the Islamic Society of North America ( ISNA ), the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ), and the Islamic Circle of North America ( ICNA ) after he stated that 80 percent of mosques are being run by " extremist ideologies ".

* Kabbani, Rana.

* The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition Guidebook of Daily Practices and Devotions by Hisham Kabbani ( p. 301 )

According to Sufi tradition, this formula was introduced by Abu Bakr as he initiated the Naqshbandi tradition ( Kabbani 2003 p. 87 ).

Muhammad Hisham Kabbani ( born 13 Safar 1364 / 28 January 1945 ) is a prominent Lebanese-American Sufi Muslim.

Kabbani advocates an understanding of Islam described by his supporters as fundamentally based on peace, tolerance, respect and love.

Kabbani has been an outspoken critic of extremism as well as the Wahabi doctrine.

Shaykh Kabbani is a spiritual teacher in the line of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order.

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani descends from a long line of scholars, and was born in Beirut, Lebanon.

On the order of al-Qubrusi, Kabbani relocated to the United States in 1991, where he has opened 13 Sufi outreach centers focused on spreading Sufism.

Kabbani works closely with the governments and people of Muslim nations around the world to restore what he views as traditional Islamic practices and prevent the increase of religious radicalism.

* Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Islamic Supreme Council of America ( June 2004 ), ISBN 1-930409-23-0.

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