Assallamu alaikum wa rahmatullah
About a year ago, I exposed the above named person (Fouad Haddad), on America Online. I caught him using various screen names, which he used to deliberately create the impression of a multiplicity of persons, with a uniformity of thought. What is interesting about Haddad is that he attempted to "camoflage himself" by displaying two different means of approach, one mild, the other vicious. Moreover, he would address letters to his other screen name, or make comments in the third person, praising what he posted! Yet as is always the case, such people usually in the blind frenzy of their enthusiasm, are bound by necessity to make embarrassing blunders which reveal their real identity.

For example, in a message dated 95-07-27 17:19:47 EDT, FHaddad@aol.com writes:

<< 4. I encourage my brother Kareem to be more leniant in his style, however: I do not blame him for coming out against the Wahhabiyya, as there is no doubt in my mind that that movement/ideology/sect has been condemned by dozens if not hundreds of scholars.

A parting note: Present-day "religious authority" or what's left of it as well as media control, education, book presses is mostly in Wahhabi hands. I therefore encourage serious students of the question (as I think Kareem is, for all his faults) to read what the Sunni scholars have said of Ibn Abdul Wahhab and his school, and never to settle for a superficial acquaintance of his books. (Please refer to my bibliography on that topic.) >>
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Now take notice of the blunder he makes in sending a message under one screen name and signing the same message under a different name:
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<< Subj: Re:What is the wahabi movement?
Date: 95-07-18 16:29:09 EDT
From: Kareem810

<< >> [text deleted here]
Their influence in the US is greatest, however, because of the historical lack of central religious authority or traditional islamic education. As a consequence, many new Muslims think they are buying the genuine article when they learn Islam from Wahabis.

Sincerely,
Fouad Haddad
Naqshbandi-Haqqani Foundation of Ahl al-Sunnat wal-Jama`at >>
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FHaddad & Kareem 810 are not only the same person, but his on-screen slight of name must be seen for what it really is, a deliberate attempt to usher forth sectarian proclivity under the guise of "Ahl al-Sunnat wal-Jama`at." If FHaddad/Kareem 810/GHADDAD is decieving us regarding his name, appearing spastic and vicious in one post while mundane in another, then what about more serious matters, such as his Naqshbandi beliefs and its claim to adhere to the tenets of "Ahl al-Sunnat wal-Jama`at" while disdainfully dismissing critics as "misguided Wahabi heretics"? Fouad Haddad posts on the Internet often, always using it as a basis to spread his Naqshabandi beliefs.

In a response to a brother who asked Fouad Haddad direct questions regarding documented cases of Naqshabandi bid'ah, Haddad, using the name "Kareem810," on 95-07-23 15:20:02 EDT, not only refused to answer the questions, but instead, viciously cursed the brother, (Tariq N@aol.com) as if Tariq were a kafir:
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<< For writing such trash against a recognized imam of Moslems may Allah raise you as a dog and put you as fuel in the fire along with the slanderers who will have tongues of fire. for your kind "tariq" there will be "mitraqa" in the grave insha Allah ameen.
Even kuffar are forced to recognize that without shah naqshband and his tariqat Islam would have disappeared from soviet union and china and afghanistan. you are worse than the kuffar shooting at the imam of the chechnyans and the bosnians the majority of them being naqshbandi moslems. you say they worship the dead? may Allah put you with the dead where you belong without forgiving you for such impudent lies!! subhan Allah that you attack Moslems with such representations instead of attacking their enemies. Allah and his angels and prophets curse the liars like you.

Kareem>>
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Thus the question must be asked: Is deception the Naqshbandiyah Way, and how valid is their claim about being on the way of the Prophet Muhammad (saaws) and his companions? The Naqshbandiyah like to claim that their "tariqah" adheres to the sunnah or way of the Prophet (saaws) and his companions:

For example, Fouad Haddad claims on Tue, 22 Aug 1995 22:43:25 -0500 (EST): << Historically speaking, the Naqshbandi Way can be traced back directly to the first of the Rightly-Guided caliphs, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (r), who succeeded the Prophet (s) in his knowledge and in his role of guiding the Muslim community, and indirectly to the fourth Rightly-Guided caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib (as).>>

A Naqshbandi leader, Muhammad Amin al-Kurdi, the author of "Tanwirul-Qulub," a major Naqshbandi text, writes, "The way of the leaders of the Naqshbandiyah is the belief of Ahlus-sunnah wal Jumaah, and the original way of the Prophet's companions (raah) [The Naqshbandiyah] have neither added to [that way] nor deleted from it." (Quoted from al-Mawahibus-Sarmadiyah fi Manaqibis-Sadatin Naqshbandiyah, pg. 3)

While Muhammad Barsa, one of the prominent companions of Naqshband, writes in his work "Faslul-Khitab", that the path of the "Khawaja" (i.e. Naqshband) is a proof against all other Sufi paths and accepted by all of them as Naqshband traveled "the path of truthfulness, adhering to the sharia and the sunna of the Prophet (saaws) steering clear from all heresies, opposing all whims." (quoted from al Mawahibus-Sarmadiyah, p. 88)

Now let us judge together, the truth of these claims with a single incident that the Naqshbandis proudly relate from the life of the founder of their tariqah, Muhammad Baha'ud-Din Shah Naqshband.

The author of "al-Mawahibus-Sarmadiyah" quotes Naqshband that he said, "I befriended the Darwish Khalil...who later commanded me to serve animals... [I followed his instructions] to such a degree that when a dog came to me on the road, I would stop and not proceed any furthur but let the dog pass first. I continued to act that way for seven years. After the hadrah (i.e. Darwish Khalil) told me '[One day] you will come across a dog which by your servitude to it you will gain a great [spritual] felicity.' I (i.e. Naqshband) sought to avail myself of this blessing. [I continued to seek that blessing] until [one day] I came across a dog and felt a unique spiritual experience. So I stood in front of the dog and began to cry severely. The dog proceeded to turn over on its back and raised its four legs toward the heavens. I heard the dog [pray] with sounds of, moaning and longing. I then humbly raised my hands and I began to [repeatedly] say, 'Ameen' until the dog became silent and turned over." (quoted from al-Mawahibus Sarmadiyah, pp. 118, 119)

I ask you dear reader, is the servitude to dogs, praying to them, seeking their spiritual blessings the way of our beloved Prophet (saaws) and his companions? Or is it the way of madmen who have been deceived by Satan and his soldiers? You judge!

This in addition to the Naqshbandi worship of the dead, their claims of divinity of their spiritual leaders, their claim that all beings are a manifestation af Allah, and their innovated Satanically inspired acts of worship! All these matters are fully documented in their works:

1. Tanwirul-Qulub fi Muamati Alamil-Ghuyb by Muhammad Amin al-Kurdi
2. Shifaul-Alil fi Tarjamatil-Qawlil-Jalil by Waliyullah ad-Dihlawi
3. Al-Anwarul-Quddusiyah fi Manaqibin-Naqshbandiyah by Yasin Ibrahim as-Sanuhuti
4. Jami Karamatil-Awliya by Yusef ibn Ismail an-Nabahani
5. Lawqihul-Anwar (or at-Tabaqatul-Kubra) by Abdul-Wahab ash-Shirani

wasallamu alaikum wa rahmatullah