By each passing day the work and aspirations of Fethullah Gulen are understood and recognized by more and more people. Last Tuesday, the Senate of Texas passed a resolution to commend Mr Fethullah Gulen for his invaluable contributions to the promotion of global peace and understanding.

Lucky Severson, a correspondent for PBS’ Religion & Ethics Newsweekly program, covered the Gulen Movement and Fethullah Gulen for his program’s latest episode. He interviewed people from the Movement’s institutions in the US as well as academicians who studied Mr. Gulen and the Gulen Movement such as Dr. Hellen Ebaugh and Dr. William Martin. Severson also addresses some rumors around the Gulen Movement and charter schools. Below transcript is the courtesy of PBS.

Muhammet Cetin is the author of a book titled The Gulen Movement: Civic Service without Borders. In his column at the daily Today’s Zaman, Cetin reflects on what civic engagement means and how it can be utilized to better our communities or to reach a sustainable state of peace.

Sociologist Helen R Ebaugh who authored a book on the Gulen Movement, stressed that the movement is a strong challenge to the Islamophobia that arose after the September 11 attacks. Ebaugh also praised the Gulen Movement for its important contribution to global peace.

The Gulen Chair holder at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Prof. Johan Leman highly values education and the Gulen Movement is the right partner for him to work with.

Fethullah Gulen is again recognized for his positive contribution to dialogue and education. This is highlighted again with a documentary on Greek television through the ERT station. This is particularly pleasing as historically friction has existed between the two countries, and Gulen's thought on dialogue have contributed to the 2 communities coming together. This is best represented by the warm dialogue that commenced with Bartholomew.

Among all the rumours in media we sometimes miss the truth. This article sheds light on some aspects of the story of PKK’s willingness to approach the Gulen Movement.

Fethullah Gulen is a global intellectual and the proof of that is his work. Mr. Gulen has more than 60 books published in Turkish and many of those have been translated to other languages. His unique approach to the life of Islam’s Prophet Muhammed (Peace be Upon Him) was published as “Sonsuz Nur” or “Infinite Light.” It is now available in Zulu which is spoken in South Africa and four other countries.