Fethullah Gulen’s brother Hasbi Gulen, who passed away last October, wanted to visit his older brother in America in late 2000. He shares his intention with a friend before applying for a visa. His friend told him that he needed ...
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Gülen’s Inclusive Perspective As A Catalyst for Global Peace
The basic values that mark the twenty-first century are modernism, pluralism, individualism, and religion. Some claim that modernity embraces individual and social life as a whole, and that it has created new forms of religious, cultural, and political pluralism. There ...
Read More »Importance of forgiveness
Fethullah Gulen wrote a very inspiring and thought-provoking article in the 30th Issue of a bimonthly magazine Fountain. In this article titled Forgiveness he elaborates on the importance and beauty of forgiveness. I advise everyone to read this article, because it ...
Read More »Making Sense of the Universe
Throughout the history of the Islamic civilizations there has been always a different approach to observing the universe and searching for truth than that of what we call modern science, which is a collection of pieces of knowledge developed by ...
Read More »Quality In Gülen Inspired Schools-2
Students in many of Gülen inspired schools in Turkey, the Balkans, Europe, Africa, Central Asia and the Far East take top honors in university placement tests and consistently finish at the top in International Science Olympiads. The schools have produced ...
Read More »Quality In Gulen Inspired Schools
There are currently more than 1000 Gülen-inspired schools around the world. The extraordinary achievement of Gülen inspired schools has been a clear indicator of the quality of education. G¸len inspired schools have been sharing some common values regardless of their ...
Read More »An untold African story 3
My first stop during this second visit to Africa was Nigeria - the largest country by population with some 155 million people. Within a few days I also realized it was one of the busier Hizmet hubs amongst all the ...
Read More »Unproven Speculations and legitimate questions
Last week, I witnessed firsthand to the difficulty of talking about the Gulen movement and how easy it was to manipulate about this issue outside Turkey.
Read More »Gülen among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people
Fethullah Gulen was included in Time magazine’s 100 moat influential people of the year. It is true that the Hizmet movement and its inspirational leader has impacted the world in a good way to foster peace and dialogue instead of ...
Read More »To Change The Face of The Era
From the 7th to 17th centuries, Muslim Civilization stretched from southern Spain to China. Not only Muslims, but scholars of many faiths built on the ancient knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians, and others, making breakthroughs that paved the ...
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Fethullah Gulen Tolerance, Dialogue and Peace