Muslim Leader Urges Community to Fight Terror
July 19, 2002, Fox News: Many Muslim Americans have faced discrimination since Sept. 11, but one Muslim cleric is working to change the terror-link perception while also working with the community to prevent further terror from within.

Radical Islam Conflicts with Tradition
April 15, 2000, Washington Times: Radical Islam has been called by many in the West one of the gravest threats facing the world. Experts at a recent Washington conference, however, said that most of the precepts espoused by radical Islam conflict with that faith's ancient teachings.

Hear the Voices of Muslim Moderation
January 6, 2000, The Boston Globe: There are an estimated 6 million Muslims in the United States, and the vast majority of them lead lives of peace and moderation. Like traditional Muslims the world over, most American Muslims shun violence and place great emphasis on virtue, charity, and religious tolerance.

Uzbekistan: Analysis From Washington -- Fighting Fundamentalism With Sufism
September 11, 2000, RFE/RL: Radio Free Europe's Paul Goble reports on how the Uzbek government is adopting an Islamic approach to tackling the problem of militant "Islamist" infiltration of the nation.

Provocative moderate: A conversation with Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
May 1, 1999, San Jose Mercury News: Islamic leader discusses how he became embroiled in controversy while seeking to warn Muslims against `hidden agendas'

Iranian leader, pope hold talks
March 12, 1999, Boston Globe: ''Khatami is a new kind of educated and intellectual Islamic leader who wants to open a window to the west,'' said Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, an educational organization based in Washington, "In the holy Koran there is no compulsory religion, so everyone is free to choose their own faith. Khatami is trying to show that sitting down and talking with the pope is not a betrayal of Islam.''

Muslim cleric stands by statement on extremists
March 2, 1999, Washington Times: A Muslim cleric who has been asked to retract his words about "extremists" in US Islamic cirlces refused to back down yesterday and said one of the groups criticizing him threatened him at a State Department forum.

Terror threats trigger Clinton's call to action
January 23, 1999, San Jose Mercury News: Sheik Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, chair of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, alleged that bin Laden ``has used two tons of opium and $30 million to purchase over 20 nuclear warheads.'' Kabbani said bin Laden also ``had hired an international team of rogue nuclear scientists working in a secret underground base to convert warheads stolen from former Soviet republics into miniature portable nuclear devices capable of striking targets around the globe.''

Terror is fundamentally un-Islamic
August 23, 1998, San Francisco Examiner: "Religion has never called for terrorist actions," said Sheikh Hisham Kabbani, chairman of the second International Islamic Unity Conference, held in Washington. "It is extremists, with their narrow-minded interpretations, who hide behind the name of religion to justify terrorist acts."

Bin Laden calls for retaliation
August 22, 1998, San Jose Mercury News: Boycotts, attacks aimed at forcing U.S. to leave Mideast