To further its pursuits of interreligious dialogue, the Gülen movement has created the Intercultural Dialogue Platform as a project of the movement’s Istanbul-based Writers and Journalists Foundation. The IDP has been particularly active in sponsoring and organizing “Abrahamic” dialogues with ...
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Feed SubscriptionThe Gülen Movement: Its Contribution at a Time of Global Tensions
My topic for this evening is the spiritual and educational movement associated with the name of Fethullah Gülen and the contribution that the members of this movement are making to Muslim-Christian harmony in the midst of today’s tense and sometimes ...
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The topic that I want to address today is the Gulen Movement associated with the name of the modern Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gülen. I suspect that as recently as 10-15 years ago, most of us had never heard the name ...
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One of the Muslim movements with whom I have found much common understanding is what is often called “the Gülen Movement.” The name is technically a misnomer, as the founder and spiritual leader, M. Fethullah Gülen, has denied that he ...
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Fethullah Gülen and his movement have also been active in the area of interreligious dialogue and peacemaking. Four years ago, Mr. Gülen traveled to Rome where he was met by Pope John Paul II. He has met the Ecumenical Patriarch ...
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