Meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan

ISCA Chairman Shaykh Kabbani discusses
important contemporary issues

WASHINGTON, D.C. January 29, 2004
On Tuesday, January 28, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, chairman of ıthe Islamic Supreme Council of America, met with His Excellency Recep ıTayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey and His Excellency Abdullah Gul, ıTurkey's Foreign Minister to discuss issues of importance to Muslims ıworldwide.ı
Shaykh Kabbani described the meeting as very productive, saying, "We ıwere able to discuss key issues impacting Muslims today. It is clear ıthat Turkey is an exemplary role model for the Muslim world, one which ıcan lead the Muslim world in the arena of democracy, international ırelations and economic development, as well as on Islamic issues."
During the meeting, the three men discussed a proposal to bring ıtogether academics and scholars from around the world to discuss ıcontemporary issues of concern to Muslims and explore ways to eliminate ıthe sources of terrorism in all its forms - whether intellectual, ıcultural or ideological.

They also discussed the need for the three ıAbrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam - to come ıtogether in various venues to build bridges of understanding and to ıwork together to resolve issues that cause friction among them.

 

Here Shaykh Kabbani is interviewed by reporters from various Turkish newspapers.

On Thursday Turkey's first lady Amine Erdogan met with First Lady Mrs. Bush where she presented her with several books of poetry by the great Turkish Master of both esoteric and exoteric Islamic knowledge Shaykh Jalaluddin Rumi.

Mrs. Erdogan explained to Mrs. Bush the tremendous role of spirituality in Islam and gave her a brief history of how the Companions of the Prophet, followed by later scholars, transmitted both the law and the spiritual training they received from the Prophet. Their outreach work, and that of later scholars and masters of Islam's  spiritual discipline and chivalric tradition resulted in Islam's rapid spread in present-day Turkey.

SABAH Gazetesi  See Sabah coverage of this event

Coverage in Hurriyet, the biggest circulation Turkish newspaper

 

 

   Coverage in Milliyet, a major Turkish national newspaper.

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