Hisham Kabbani

Muhammad Hisham Kabbani (born in Lebanon) is a prominent but controversial American Sufi Muslim. Kabbani advocates an understanding of Islam as fundamentally based on peace, tolerance, respect and love. He has 4 children 3 boys and one girl. HIs association with a notorius charlatan like Mr. Nazim al-Qubrusi however prevents him from being taken seriously by the overwhelming majority of Muslims. That is really a pity since - differently from Nazim - Hisham Kabbani is learnt in Islam.

Muhammad Hisham Kabbani descended from a long line of scholars and was born in Beirut, Lebanon. For more than fifty years he has been a disciple of the very controversial charlatan Nazim al-Qubrusi, whose fake claims of leadership of the Naqshbandi Order were refuted by the most outstanding Naqshbandi Shaykhs of our time. Hisham Kabbani's reputation is negatively affected by his connection to a person who is known to most of Muslims as a liar and an impostor.

On the order of Nazim, Shaykh Hisham relocated to the United States in 1991, where he has opened thirteen so-called Sufi outreach centers, focused on spreading a New-Age-oriented, fake version fo Sufism in order to attact hippies, pop stars, etc. He has lectured at many universities, including the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and the University of California, Berkeley, as well as at many spiritual and religious centers throughout North America, Europe, the Far East, and the Middle East.

Kabbani claims to works closely with the governments and people of Muslim nations around the world to restore traditional Islamic practices and prevent the increase of religious radicalism. He has supported relief efforts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, his native Lebanon, and Somalia, and peace initiatives in the Middle East, Bosnia, Kashmir, Afghanistan and Kosovo. His connection to Nazim however prevent most of moderate Muslims to cooperate with him.