Beware, this is not a “the Onion” news ! Police, inspectors raid Gulen-inspired educational institutions all over Turkey… Don’t ask me why… Might that be because Turkish government is so sensitive about catching the high OECD standards? Sure ! ...
Read More »Holistic Instructional Leadership In Gulen Schools
The instructional leadership in Gulen schools demonstrates such holistic landscape that the administrators not only do they strive to contribute intellectual capital but also the social capital of all students regardless of their gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background. The school ...
Read More »Finding Lawful Means to a Legitimate End: Fethullah Gulen`s Perspective as a Theological Refutation to Violent Extremism
Centre for Hizmet Studies from London underlined Fethullah Gulen`s and thus, Hizmet`s approach to countering and rooting out violent extremism,first from Islam`s theological perspective According to Fethullah Gulen, the means and end must both be legitimate in Islam, which incidentally ...
Read More »Hizmet`s Theological Refutation to Root out Violent Extremism According to Fethullah Gulen
London`s Centre for Hizmet Studies`s recent report, “A Hizmet Approach to Rooting out Violent Extremism”, offers a way to explore Hizmet`s direct theological response to, and rejection of, violent extremist ideology that claims and Islamic justification. Fethullah Gulen espouses the ...
Read More »Ignorance – The Destructive Disaster of Humanity
In contemporary world humanity is dealing with many problems such as hunger, diseases, oppression, human right violations, radicalism, terrorism, poverty, domestic abuse, human trafficking, environmental issues, social isolation, various security concerns, etc. Authorities, community leaders and activists are trying to ...
Read More »Bayburt’s First and Only Private School Closed Down for a Month
Bayburt’s first and only private school,The Aba Secondary School, closed down on Thursday, a month before the academic year is due to start. Gulen-inspired school raided by police and inspectors from a total of eight government institutions on 17 Aug. ...
Read More »Fethullah Gulen: Muslims Must Combat the Extremist Cancer
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen urged Muslims to denounce terrorism, defend human rights and promote education. In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), he has called on Muslims around the world to take an action about Muslims’ ...
Read More »Government Conducts Police Raids to Schools in Turkey
On Thursday, August 20, police officers conducted raids against private schools associated with Gulen movement. 10 private schools in Ankara affiliated with Samanyolu Educational Institutions were raided by police. In addition, in Yalova 50 police officers accompanied with government officials ...
Read More »Kimse Yok Mu Organization Assists People in Zonguldak
Zonguldak branch of Kimse Yok Mu, one of the largest Turkish charity organizations affiliated with Hizmet movement, distributed food products to more than hundred of people. Food aid consisted of dry products such as beans and sugar as well as ...
Read More »Turkish School is the Most Successful in Denmark
Denmark’s most prominent think tank Danish Center for Political Studies (CEPOS) declared that Turkish private school Hay Skolen is the most successful school in country. The data for the 1,382 Danish schools included in the CEPOS report was provided by ...
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