Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi
{{short description|Representative of the Naqshbandi-Nazimiyya Sufi Order in the USA}}
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| name = Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi
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| birth_name = Aydoğan Fuat
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|11|11|df=yes}}
| death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|2012|6|30|1957|11|11}}
| birth_place = Polis, Cyprus
| occupation = A former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order in the USA
| website = [http://www.naksibendi.org/ www.Naksibendi.org]
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Aydoğan Fuat, formally referred to as Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi ({{langx|tr|Şeyh Abdülkerim Kıbrısî}}), was an American Sufi Sheikh of Turkish Cypriot origin and former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order in the United States, under the lead of Nazim Al-Haqqani.
Early years
Abdülkerim was born to Fuat (later Fuat Savaşkan), a dervish 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gundemkibris.com/seyh-nazimin-sag-kolu-hayatini-kaybetti-32777h.htm |title=Şeyh Nazım’ın sağ kolu hayatını kaybetti |access-date=2014-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107121105/http://www.gundemkibris.com/seyh-nazimin-sag-kolu-hayatini-kaybetti-32777h.htm |archive-date=2015-01-07 |url-status=dead |df= }} In November 1973, he joined the Turkish Resistance Organisation and fought around Varosha, Famagusta during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cezire.org/important-turks-of-cyprus.html |title=Important Turks of Cyprus |access-date=2014-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090229/http://www.cezire.org/important-turks-of-cyprus.html |archive-date=2014-08-19 |url-status=dead |df= }}
Through his life he served under Shaykh Nazim, becoming his representative in North America and throughout the world.{{Cite web |url=https://seekerofthesacredknowledge.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/shaykh-abdul-kerim-effendi-passes-away/ |title=Shaykh Abdul Kerim Effendi Passes away |date=2012-06-30 |website=Journey of a Seeker Of Sacred Knowledge|access-date=2016-11-02}}
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.
In 2002, he founded the Osmanlı Dergâhı, a zawiya located in Catskill Mountains, New York.{{Cite web |url=http://www.naksibendi.org/ |title=Naksibendi (Naqshbandi) Sufi Zawiya in the Catskill Mountains, New York |access-date=2014-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605095712/http://www.naksibendi.org/ |archive-date=2014-06-05 |url-status=dead |df= }} Shaykh Abdul Kerim converted a barn to a Sufi Dergah in the Ottoman tradition. Prayers are held five times a day with special services on Fridays. The Sufi center concentrates on Sufi Zikr (remembrance) with ceremonies every Thursday night and provides outreach to the surrounding community of Sidney, New York.{{Cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40629213/ns/us_news-life/t/one-small-ny-towns-battle-tolerance/#.WBnt3iMrIy4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303064244/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40629213/ns/us_news-life/t/one-small-ny-towns-battle-tolerance#.WBnt3iMrIy4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |title=One small N.Y. town's battle for tolerance |date=2010-12-12 |newspaper=msnbc.com|access-date=2016-11-02}} In the words of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, "He stood up against unbelief. Only one man, and in the US also, another center of unbelief. He also taught them their lesson and limits!"{{Citation |last=Sheikh Nazim |title=My Shaykh Didn't Cry for Me - Şeyhim Bana Ağlamadı - شيخي لم يبكيني |date=2012-07-02 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmdOL4dVVg0 |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
Death
Abdülkerim died of heart attack during a visit to his dargah in Lefka. He is interred at the Ottoman Cemetery in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus.[http://osmanli.us/tag/seyh-abdulkerim/page/3#go_page_now Osmanli.us]