Southeast Asia Indonesia's Cleric Standoff Continues
Jakarta - Indonesia's moderate Muslim majority is calling on the government to arrest the extremists responsible for recent terrorist attacks. Moderate Muslim organizations, led by former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, are demanding that authorities crack down on religious extremists. (10/21/02)
Indonesian Islamic School Leaders Study U.S. Society First-hand
Washington - Twenty-five leaders of Indonesian Islamic boarding schools, known as pesantren, are in the United States to examine the concepts of community and parental participation in education and the role of education in fostering an open society in the United States. (9/26/02)
Shaykh Kabbani: Leading 'lost lambs'Kuala Lumpur - According to the chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of America Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, youth involvement in black metal and worship of the occult has been a perennial problem in the United States. Malaysia Star. (8/12/01)
Shaykh Kabbani addresses 120,000 in Indonesia
Jakarta - Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani ISCA Chairman,addressed a gathering of 2,000 scholars and 120,000 Muslims at a football stadium. (07/12/01)
South Asia Tour 2000 - ISCA delegation tours Indonesia and Malaysia ISCA Chairman meets President Abdurrahman Wahid in Indonesia
On October 14, 2000, Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, World Leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order, sent his calipha (representative) to meet with the President of Indonesia. Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, met with His Excellency Abdurrahman Wahid at the President’s palace in Jakarta to discuss a number of religious and political issues. (October 2000)
ISCA Meets Indonesian President Abdurrahman Abdul Wahid at the United Nations (June 2000)