Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi

Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi
Born Aydoğan Fuat
(1957-11-11)11 November 1957
Polis, Cyprus
Died 30 June 2012(2012-06-30) (aged 54)
Lefke, TRNC
Occupation Former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order in the USA
Religion Sunni, Sufi Islam
Website www.Naksibendi.org
www.Osmanli.us

Aydoğan Fuat, formally referred to as Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi (Turkish: Abdülkerim Kıbrısî) and often called Shaykh Abdülkerim, was an American Sufi Sheikh of Turkish Cypriot origin and former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order in the United States, under the leader Nazim Al-Haqqani.

Early years

Abdülkerim was born to Fuat (later Fuat Savaşkan), a Sufi figure known in tariqat circles as Hajji Fuad ar-Rabbani. He attended the khutbah by Shaykh Nazim at Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Famagusta and later became a disciple.[1] In November 1973, he joined the Turkish Resistance Organisation and fought around Varosha, Famagusta during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.[2]

In the United States

In 1974, Shaykh Nazim commissioned Abdülkerim to found a Naqshbandi-Haqqani branch in the United States. He undertook charity work in New York City, mostly rehabilitation of drug addicts.[1][2] In 2002, he founded the Osmanlı Dergâhı, a zawiya located in Catskill Mountains, New York.[3]

Death

Abdülkerim died of heart attack during a visit to his dargah in Lefke.[1] He is interred at the Osmanlı Cemetery in Famagusta.[1][4]

References

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