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	Sheikh Dr. '''Gibril Fouad Haddad''' (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1960) is an influential [[Islam\|Islamic]] scholar, religious leader, author, and [[Arabic]] translator of classical [[Islam and Scripture\|Islamic texts]].<ref name="The 500"></ref>		Sheikh Dr. '''Gibril Fouad Haddad''' (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1960) is an influential [[Islam\|Islamic]] scholar, religious leader, author, and [[Arabic]] translator of classical [[Islam and Scripture\|Islamic texts]].<ref name="The 500"></ref>

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	~~Shaykh~~ Dr. '''Gibril Fouad Haddad''' (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1960) is an influential [[Islam\|Islamic]] scholar, religious leader, author, and [[Arabic]] translator of classical [[Islam and Scripture\|Islamic texts]].<ref name="The 500"></ref>		Sheikh Dr. '''Gibril Fouad Haddad''' (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1960) is an influential [[Islam\|Islamic]] scholar, religious leader, author, and [[Arabic]] translator of classical [[Islam and Scripture\|Islamic texts]].<ref name="The 500"></ref>

	Currently residing in Brunei, he was schooled in the United Kingdom, and obtained his PhD ~~degree~~ in French literature at Columbia University in New York. He taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for 2 years and in 1997 moved to Damascus where he studied the Islamic disciplines for 9 years.<ref>[http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/272-shaykh-gibril-haddad Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - Sacred Knowledge, accessed May 6, 2011</ref>		Currently residing in Brunei, he was schooled in the United Kingdom, and obtained his PhD in French literature at Columbia University in New York. He taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for 2 years and in 1997 moved to Damascus, Syria, where he studied the Islamic disciplines for 9 years.<ref>[http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/272-shaykh-gibril-haddad Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - Sacred Knowledge, accessed May 6, 2011</ref>

	A disciple of the Lebanese-American ([[Sunni]]) Sufi ~~Shaykh ''~~Hisham Kabbani'' and the Turkish Cypriot ~~Shaykh''~~ Nazim ~~alQubrusi''~~,<ref>Gibril Fouad Haddad - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.al-furqaan.org/tag/gibril-fouad-haddad/\|2=2011-05-04}} Becoming Muslim Through Reading Surah Al-Fatihah] - Al-Furqaan Foundation, January 28, 1997</ref> Shaykh Haddad follows the Shafi`i [[Madh'hab]] and the Naqshbandi Tariqa.<ref>Omar Tufail - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.livingislam.org/o/igfh_e.html\|2=2011-05-03}} Interview with Gibril Fouad Haddad] - Living Islam, April 10, 2004</ref>		A disciple of the Lebanese-American ([[Sunni]]) Sufi Sheikh Hisham Kabbani and the Turkish Cypriot Sheikh Nazim al-Qubrusi,<ref>Gibril Fouad Haddad - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.al-furqaan.org/tag/gibril-fouad-haddad/\|2=2011-05-04}} Becoming Muslim Through Reading Surah Al-Fatihah] - Al-Furqaan Foundation, January 28, 1997</ref> Shaykh Haddad follows the Shafi`i [[Madh'hab]] and the Naqshbandi Tariqa.<ref>Omar Tufail - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.livingislam.org/o/igfh_e.html\|2=2011-05-03}} Interview with Gibril Fouad Haddad] - Living Islam, April 10, 2004</ref> He is a [[hadith]] expert (muhaddith),<ref name="The 500"></ref> recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the [[Islamic Law\|Shari’ah]].<ref>[http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=2519 The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah] - Kitaabun, accessed May 6, 2011 </ref>

	~~He is a [[hadith]] expert (muhaddith)~~,~~<ref name=~~"~~The~~ 500"~~></ref> recognized~~ as one of the ~~world’s leading authorities on~~ the ~~[[Islamic Law\|Shari’ah]],~~<ref>~~[http://kitaabun~~.~~com/shopping3/product_info~~.~~php?products_id=2519 The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah]~~ - ~~Kitaabun, accessed May 6, 2011 </ref> who was formerly a teacher of [[Fiqh]] at SunniPath,<ref>~~[~~{{Reference archive\|1=~~http://~~www~~.~~sunnipath.com~~/~~about~~/~~shaykhgibrilhaddad~~.~~aspx\|2=2011-05-03}} Shaykh Gibril Haddad~~] - ~~SunniPath~~, ~~accessed May 3, 2011~~</ref> ~~an online Islamic Academy, and now runs the Living Islam (''livingislam.org'') website.~~		In 2009, the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in the UK listed him among the inaugural "500 most influential Muslims in the world," referring to him as "one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West".<ref name="The 500">Edited by Prof. John Esposito and Prof. Ibrahim Kalin - [http://thebook.org/books_pdf/500Muslims_2009.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (P. 94)] - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2009</ref>

	In 2009, he was listed amongst the inaugural "500 most influential Muslims in the world," and was referred to as "one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West".<ref name="The 500">Edited by Prof. John Esposito and Prof. Ibrahim Kalin - [http://thebook.org/books_pdf/500Muslims_2009.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (P. 94)] - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2009</ref>		Like Sheikh Kabbani,<ref>Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://yanabi.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/200yearsofnewkharijism.pdf\|2=2011-05-04}} 200 Years of New Kharijism: the Ongoing Revision of Islam] - Islamic Supreme Council of America</ref> Sheikh Haddad is also a vocal opponent of [[Salafism\|Salafi]] fundamentalism<ref>Stephen Schwartz - [http://www.islamdaily.org/en/wahabism/2553.wahhabis-in-america.htm/ Wahhabis in America] - Islam Daily, February 26, 2005</ref> and has condemned the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.<ref>[http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2473 Al Qaeda linked World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Jihad through Da'wa group working with Novib/Oxfam on Somali 'educational' initiatives] - Militant Islam Monitor, October 16, 2006</ref><ref>OARDEC - [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000694-000793.pdf#53 Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ameur, Mammar] - United States Department of Defense, July 25, 2005, pp. 53–55</ref>

	Like ~~Shaykh~~ Kabbani,<ref>Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://yanabi.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/200yearsofnewkharijism.pdf\|2=2011-05-04}} 200 Years of New Kharijism: the Ongoing Revision of Islam] - Islamic Supreme Council of America</ref> ~~Shaykh~~ Haddad is also a vocal opponent of [[Salafism\|Salafi]] fundamentalism<ref>Stephen Schwartz - [http://www.islamdaily.org/en/wahabism/2553.wahhabis-in-america.htm/ Wahhabis in America] - Islam Daily, February 26, 2005</ref> and has condemned the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.<ref>[http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2473 Al Qaeda linked World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Jihad through Da'wa group working with Novib/Oxfam on Somali 'educational' initiatives] - Militant Islam Monitor, October 16, 2006</ref><ref>OARDEC - [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000694-000793.pdf#53 Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ameur, Mammar] - United States Department of Defense, July 25, 2005, pp. 53–55</ref>

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	Currently residing in Brunei, he was schooled in the United Kingdom, and obtained his PhD degree in French literature at Columbia University in New York. He taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for 2 years and in 1997 moved to Damascus where he studied the Islamic disciplines for 9 years.<ref>[http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/272-shaykh-gibril-haddad Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - Sacred Knowledge, accessed May 6, 2011</ref>		Currently residing in Brunei, he was schooled in the United Kingdom, and obtained his PhD degree in French literature at Columbia University in New York. He taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for 2 years and in 1997 moved to Damascus where he studied the Islamic disciplines for 9 years.<ref>[http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/272-shaykh-gibril-haddad Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - Sacred Knowledge, accessed May 6, 2011</ref>

	A disciple of the Lebanese-American ([[Sunni]]) Sufi Shaykh ''Hisham Kabbani'' and the ~~[[Turkey\|~~Turkish]] Cypriot Shaykh'' Nazim alQubrusi'',<ref>Gibril Fouad Haddad - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.al-furqaan.org/tag/gibril-fouad-haddad/\|2=2011-05-04}} Becoming Muslim Through Reading Surah Al-Fatihah] - Al-Furqaan Foundation, January 28, 1997</ref> Shaykh Haddad follows the Shafi`i [[Madh'hab]] and the Naqshbandi Tariqa.<ref>Omar Tufail - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.livingislam.org/o/igfh_e.html\|2=2011-05-03}} Interview with Gibril Fouad Haddad] - Living Islam, April 10, 2004</ref>		A disciple of the Lebanese-American ([[Sunni]]) Sufi Shaykh ''Hisham Kabbani'' and the Turkish Cypriot Shaykh'' Nazim alQubrusi'',<ref>Gibril Fouad Haddad - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.al-furqaan.org/tag/gibril-fouad-haddad/\|2=2011-05-04}} Becoming Muslim Through Reading Surah Al-Fatihah] - Al-Furqaan Foundation, January 28, 1997</ref> Shaykh Haddad follows the Shafi`i [[Madh'hab]] and the Naqshbandi Tariqa.<ref>Omar Tufail - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.livingislam.org/o/igfh_e.html\|2=2011-05-03}} Interview with Gibril Fouad Haddad] - Living Islam, April 10, 2004</ref>

	He is a [[hadith]] expert (muhaddith),<ref name="The 500"></ref> recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the [[Islamic Law\|Shari’ah]],<ref>[http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=2519 The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah] - Kitaabun, accessed May 6, 2011 </ref> who was formerly a teacher of [[Fiqh]] at SunniPath,<ref>[{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhgibrilhaddad.aspx\|2=2011-05-03}} Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - SunniPath, accessed May 3, 2011</ref> an online Islamic Academy, and now runs the Living Islam (''livingislam.org'') website.		He is a [[hadith]] expert (muhaddith),<ref name="The 500"></ref> recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the [[Islamic Law\|Shari’ah]],<ref>[http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=2519 The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah] - Kitaabun, accessed May 6, 2011 </ref> who was formerly a teacher of [[Fiqh]] at SunniPath,<ref>[{{Reference archive\|1=http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhgibrilhaddad.aspx\|2=2011-05-03}} Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - SunniPath, accessed May 3, 2011</ref> an online Islamic Academy, and now runs the Living Islam (''livingislam.org'') website.
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	In 2009, he was listed amongst the inaugural "500 most influential Muslims in the world," and was referred to as "one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West".<ref name="The 500">Edited by Prof. John Esposito and Prof. Ibrahim Kalin - [http://thebook.org/books_pdf/500Muslims_2009.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (P. 94)] - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2009</ref>		In 2009, he was listed amongst the inaugural "500 most influential Muslims in the world," and was referred to as "one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West".<ref name="The 500">Edited by Prof. John Esposito and Prof. Ibrahim Kalin - [http://thebook.org/books_pdf/500Muslims_2009.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (P. 94)] - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2009</ref>

	Like Shaykh Kabbani,<ref>Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://yanabi.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/200yearsofnewkharijism.pdf\|2=2011-05-04}} 200 Years of New Kharijism: the Ongoing Revision of Islam] - Islamic Supreme Council of America</ref> Shaykh Haddad is also a vocal opponent of [[~~Salaf~~\|Salafi]] fundamentalism<ref>Stephen Schwartz - [http://www.islamdaily.org/en/wahabism/2553.wahhabis-in-america.htm/ Wahhabis in America] - Islam Daily, February 26, 2005</ref> and has condemned the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.<ref>[http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2473 Al Qaeda linked World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Jihad through Da'wa group working with Novib/Oxfam on Somali 'educational' initiatives] - Militant Islam Monitor, October 16, 2006</ref><ref>OARDEC - [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000694-000793.pdf#53 Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ameur, Mammar] - United States Department of Defense, July 25, 2005, pp. 53–55</ref>		Like Shaykh Kabbani,<ref>Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani - [{{Reference archive\|1=http://yanabi.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/200yearsofnewkharijism.pdf\|2=2011-05-04}} 200 Years of New Kharijism: the Ongoing Revision of Islam] - Islamic Supreme Council of America</ref> Shaykh Haddad is also a vocal opponent of [[Salafism\|Salafi]] fundamentalism<ref>Stephen Schwartz - [http://www.islamdaily.org/en/wahabism/2553.wahhabis-in-america.htm/ Wahhabis in America] - Islam Daily, February 26, 2005</ref> and has condemned the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.<ref>[http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2473 Al Qaeda linked World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Jihad through Da'wa group working with Novib/Oxfam on Somali 'educational' initiatives] - Militant Islam Monitor, October 16, 2006</ref><ref>OARDEC - [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000694-000793.pdf#53 Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ameur, Mammar] - United States Department of Defense, July 25, 2005, pp. 53–55</ref>

	==See Also==		==See Also==

	*[[~~Aishas Age of Consummation\|~~Aisha's Age ~~of Consummation~~]]		*[[Aisha's Age]]
	~~{{Hub4\|Islamic Clerics\|Islamic Clerics}}~~

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