Fethullah Gulen Tolerance, Dialogue and Peace
To truly understand the Gulen Movement and Fethullah Gulen himself, one needs to rise above the newspaper articles and journals - yes they are (or may be) useful, but the reality on the ground is much clearer. So in actualy fact the trip to Turkey that are organized by numerous organization helps in overcoming the misunderstandings about this movement - of course there are other intercultural aspects to the trips as well. The below article expressed the importance of personal encounters and research on the ground!
A week in Istanbul can hardly fail to be an enriching experience for the intellectually curious visitor - even more when this great city, and Turkey generally, is at the heart of so many of the world’s shaping concerns of faith and politics. This was certainly the case for me, when I stayed in Istanbul as a guest of the London-based Dialogue Society ↑ which supports the ideas and aims of the influential Islamic thinker Fethullah Gülen…
