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May 4, 2001 On Friday, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim was the invited speaker at the Bandung Grand Mosque in Central Java. Al Ustadz Wahfiuddin, MBA was the tramslator on this occasion as well as at other events, shown here on the left hand of Shaykh Nazim Haqqani. |
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There, in a speech after Salat al-Jumu`ah, over 5,000 men, women and youth requested initiation into the Naqshbandi-Haqqaniyya Sufi Order. |
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Following the baya` ceremony, Mawlana Shaykh gave a talk, then as the delegation tried to move to the Imam's home for a lunch invitation, they were literally mobbed by the huge crowd of youngsters. |  |
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Mawlana Shaykh Nazim moves under heavy security
to the home of Imam K.H. Abdullah Gymnastiar who also received formal
initiation into the Tariqat an-Naqshbandiyya. Hajji Abdullah Gymnastiar
has become quite renowned in Jakarta and Bandung over the past two years,
for his doctrine of Tasawwuf, and has a large following.
HRH Raja Ashman accompanies the delegation. |
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As usual, the ubiquituous TV cameras followed
the Shaykh's every movement.
After a lovely lunch, the group again waded through a huge crowd... |
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...one young man overwhelmed with emotion, insisted to the security forces to kiss the Shaykh's hand. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim beckoned for him to come forward and he got his heart's desire. |  |
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Berny Subki, a geologist, explains to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim the various features of one of the many active volcanoes in the Bandung region, which the delegation visited. Here they look into the active crater spouting hot steam from a boiling lake. |  |
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The Naqshbandi Eastern World Tour 2001 is
presented by the Islamic Supreme Council of America
and its Chairman, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani.
1400 Sixteenth Street NW, #B112, Washington DC 20036 USA
Members of the media, public sector,
research and interfaith groups are encouraged
to contact our Washington offices for more information.
Please email dilshad@islamicsupremecouncil.org
