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In the past five years, through my involvement with the Rumi Forum of Old Dominion University, I’ve become intimately familiar with the work and faith perspective of the movement which emerged from the life of Fethullah Gulen. As both an ordained Baptist minister in the Christian tradition and as an…

Some say they are the best schools around, and some say they can’t be that good without support from global powers. Some say they serve for global peace, and some other say: “Don’t be naive they must have a hidden agenda”.  I will not get into questions like “water of…

“Love the love, and hate all hostility” Fethullah Gulen A lot has already been said and appears to continue about the long term impacts of 9/11 tragedy for the years to follow. The days immediately following this horrific incident, all scholarly critics, and politicians and as well as renowned public…

Fethullah Gülen has stated that society’s three greatest enemies are ignorance, poverty, and internal schism (disunity) and inspired people to consider applying some practical solutions. GULEN’S SOLUTION FOR IGNORANCE Ignorance is the most serious problem, and it is defeated through education, which has always been the most important way of…

I recently had a chance to see a documentary on Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement, namely “Love is a Verb”. It was a cool breeze from the heavens in this dog-eat-dog world full of ongoing wars and crimes. It once again showed me that there is still hope for…

Gulen movement is based on educational thoughts of Fethullah Gulen which are about improving the world by making school reforms in order to modify teaching content and curriculum. In turn, it is referred as one of the achievements of Gulen movement. In fact, the movement is the source for multifaceted…

I had the privilege of traveling to Africa recently. It was somewhat a whirlwind tour of 4 countries – South Africa, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Kenya and Ethiopia. It was full of many surprises. I hope to share some of my thoughts and feelings over the course some words in this article. The purpose of this journey…

The Gülen Movement, although it initially sprouted as a faith-based movement in Turkey in the late 1970s by a few Turkish followers of Fethullah Gülen, seemingly portraying a new formation as a result of a slightly different interpretation of Nursi (Said Nursi) tradition, a historical and ontological analysis of the…

I have just read the article named “Happiness and Virtue: A Prophetic Example” written by Turkish scholar Fethullah Gulen for the 95 Issue of the bi-monthly magazine Fountain. In this article the author discusses the real meaning of happiness and provides prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) as an example…

For as long as I can remember, there are always operations (or military campaigns) against the honorable Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet movement Though marginal, a powerful evil network has seen this movement as a phenomenon that must be annihilated for the good of Turkey. In fact, it would be…