July 20, 2010

Fethullah Gulen awarded honorary doctorate by Leeds Metropolitan University

Today's Zaman

Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Muslim scholar, educator and peace activist, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of education by Leeds Metropolitan University for his contribution to education, peace making and intercultural dialogue.

Özcan Keleş, executive director of the London-based Dialogue Society charity, accepted the honorary doctorate on Thursday on behalf of Gülen at the university’s summer graduation convocation. “Fethullah Gülen considers this award as recognition of the work and efforts of what is known among academic circles as the Gülen movement or what Gülen himself prefers to call a movement of volunteers,” Keleş said.