Dr. Robert Crane

Dr. Robert Crane, advisor to US President Nixon, earned a doctorate in public law in 1959, followed by a doctorate in international and comparative law. He served as president of the Harvard International Law Society, foreign policy advisor to President Nixon, and formerly as deputy director of the National Security Council at the White House. He is considered one of America's leading political experts and the founder of the Center for Civilisation and Renewal in America. He is fluent in six languages, married, and has five children. He has published ten books and fifty specialized articles on comparative legal systems, global strategy, and information management. After receiving his master's degree in comparative legal systems from Harvard University, he founded the Harvard Journal of International Law and served as the first president of the Harvard International Law Society. He worked for a decade in policy advisory centers in Washington, D.C. In 1962, he co-founded the Center for Strategic and International Studies. From 1963 to 1968, he was a senior foreign policy advisor to former President Richard Nixon. In 1969, Nixon appointed him Deputy Director of the National Security Council at the White House. In 1981, Ronald Reagan appointed him U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. Nixon tasked him with summarizing a collection of U.S. intelligence reports he had requested for a piece of writing. They provided him with a comprehensive file on Islamic fundamentalism and a large number of reports and studies that he didn't have time to read. Although the report was written by U.S. intelligence agencies and not by Islamic sources, it made a positive impression on Robert, and its information resonated deeply with him. In 1980, at the behest of his government, he attended seminars and conferences on Islam in which a number of leading Islamic thinkers participated. He heard a sermon by a preacher explaining Islam, and then saw him praying and prostrating. At first, he considered this an insult to him and his humanity, but he later realized that this preacher was bowing and prostrating to God. Based on his own knowledge and understanding, he became convinced that this was the correct act. In addition, his meeting with Professor Roger Garaudy in Damascus and his exposure to his ideas led him to conclude that Islam was the only solution. He believed it embodied justice in the objectives of Islamic law, in its general principles, specific details, and necessities. As a lawyer, he sought principles not of human origin, and he found all these ideals in Islam. Thus, his heart opened to Islam, and from that day in 1980, he declared his conversion and took the name Farouk Abdul-Haq. And so, Dr. Farouk Abdul-Haq (formerly Dr. Robert Crane) has since been interested in the future of Islam in America and has important proposals at the 24th conference of the Islamic Society of North America (ISAN), held from August 29 to September 1, 1986, in Indianapolis, which was dedicated to discussing the future of Islam in North America. When he criticizes the West for its biased and limited view of Islam, he does not forget to blame some Muslims in the East or West who do not understand and apply Islamic teachings. As he says, it is difficult for Westerners to understand the reality of Islam because many Muslims who live in the West do not practice or live according to the teachings of Islam.