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| Fethullah Gulen |
November 12, 2011
"Sincerity" the Remedy
Cemil Genç
Fethullah Gulen’s solution to today’s problems are not only unique but also very practical. For example; one of the major challenges the people of religion and the scholars have been facing with is the lack of unity amount them. How come people of truth and concord oppose each other in rivalry? Unity belongs in reality to the people of peace and dispute to the hypocrites; how is it that these two have changed places? Today, people of truth, people of the law and people of reality all worshipping God have been confronted by this conflict all over the world.
November 11, 2011
Turkish charity foundation opens hospital in Uganda
Ayşe Doğan / Mehmet Ali Poyraz
With the donations collected from a telethon charity campaign started by Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu? (Is Anybody There) and Samanyolu Haber TV, construction of a humanitarian complex, which will include a school, hospital, a dinner hall and a vocational training school, has started in Uganda.
With the donations collected from a telethon charity campaign started by Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu? (Is Anybody There) and Samanyolu Haber TV, construction of a humanitarian complex, which will include a school, hospital, a dinner hall and a vocational training school, has started in Uganda.
November 10, 2011
Turkish Cultural Center hosts dinner to promote peace, understanding
Harold McNeil
Local elected officials, community leaders and representatives from different faith-based organizations turned out Monday in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo for some Turkish-American hospitality.
The third annual Friendship Dinner organized by the Turkish Cultural Center offered not just tasty kebabs and baklava as hors d’oeuvres, but an opportunity to forge connections among a diverse group of people and promote peace.
Local elected officials, community leaders and representatives from different faith-based organizations turned out Monday in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo for some Turkish-American hospitality.
The third annual Friendship Dinner organized by the Turkish Cultural Center offered not just tasty kebabs and baklava as hors d’oeuvres, but an opportunity to forge connections among a diverse group of people and promote peace.
November 9, 2011
Niagara Foundation Peace and Dialogue Awards
Adil James
The Niagara Foundation held an awards ceremony Thursday October 27th, 2011 at the Westin Southfield, which celebrated several prominent people, including Graham W.J. Beal of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Janice M. Brown of the Kalamazoo Promise, Stephen Schram, Director of Broadcasting for Michigan Public Radio, and Victor Ghalib Begg, Community Activist.
About 100 people attended the awards ceremony and dinner.
The Niagara Foundation held an awards ceremony Thursday October 27th, 2011 at the Westin Southfield, which celebrated several prominent people, including Graham W.J. Beal of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Janice M. Brown of the Kalamazoo Promise, Stephen Schram, Director of Broadcasting for Michigan Public Radio, and Victor Ghalib Begg, Community Activist.
About 100 people attended the awards ceremony and dinner.
November 8, 2011
Nigerian Turkish schools slaughter 1000 cows for sallah
Zion Zadok
As service to Allah and to commemorate the Sallah celebration, the Nigerian Turkish International Schools under the UFUK Dialogue Foundation of the schools slaughtered 1000 cows for charity.
President of the Foundation, Tamer Çopuroğlu said in Abuja that the gesture was a yearly ritual performed by the NTIS with contributions from Turkish businessmen as well as Turkish college parents to give out meat to the handicaps, orphans and the indigent people within Nigeria. Çopuroğlu who said that the 1000 cows were slaughtered in the 17 Turkish Colleges in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Yobe States and the FCT for distribution in villages and satellite towns within the states also advised able Muslims and those who were affluent to take up the challenge and reach out to the underprivileged as an act of worship to Allah or as a duty to the society.
As service to Allah and to commemorate the Sallah celebration, the Nigerian Turkish International Schools under the UFUK Dialogue Foundation of the schools slaughtered 1000 cows for charity.
President of the Foundation, Tamer Çopuroğlu said in Abuja that the gesture was a yearly ritual performed by the NTIS with contributions from Turkish businessmen as well as Turkish college parents to give out meat to the handicaps, orphans and the indigent people within Nigeria. Çopuroğlu who said that the 1000 cows were slaughtered in the 17 Turkish Colleges in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Yobe States and the FCT for distribution in villages and satellite towns within the states also advised able Muslims and those who were affluent to take up the challenge and reach out to the underprivileged as an act of worship to Allah or as a duty to the society.
November 7, 2011
Ebru TV telethon collects nearly $800,000 for victims of Turkey quake
Aydoğan Vatandaş
The US-based Ebru TV has hosted a live telethon to collect donations to help relief and rebuilding efforts after a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Turkish province of Van last month.
The telethon, aired on Thursday, created an outpouring of support from big-hearted American public who helped raise almost $800,000 in pledges for the victims of the devastating earthquake.
Donations have been collected on behalf of Helping Hands Relief Foundation during the telethon hosted by EBRU TV, based in South Jersey.
The US-based Ebru TV has hosted a live telethon to collect donations to help relief and rebuilding efforts after a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Turkish province of Van last month.
The telethon, aired on Thursday, created an outpouring of support from big-hearted American public who helped raise almost $800,000 in pledges for the victims of the devastating earthquake.
Donations have been collected on behalf of Helping Hands Relief Foundation during the telethon hosted by EBRU TV, based in South Jersey.
November 6, 2011
Living the Love: Fethullah Gulen's Work and Vision
Cemil Genç
"You have to live your Love or else you’ll only end in words.”
Rumi
Human problems and contemporary terminology
The world that we live in today is full of pressing dilemmas and unsolved puzzles. Academics, intellectuals, policy-makers as well as opinion leaders struggle to define and find a permanent solution to the spread of nationalism, the challenges of democratization, the perils of globalization, and many other social concerns of deep importance. However, the lack of a common terminology hinders communication among the people and delays resolution of the disputes. Even when we seem to agree upon conceptual frameworks the lack of implementing power prevents us from delivering the positive results. Yet, our hope for a better future has never really died. At different points in history, people have been able to mobilize for good inspired by historical lessons and prominent ideas.
"You have to live your Love or else you’ll only end in words.”
Rumi
Human problems and contemporary terminology
The world that we live in today is full of pressing dilemmas and unsolved puzzles. Academics, intellectuals, policy-makers as well as opinion leaders struggle to define and find a permanent solution to the spread of nationalism, the challenges of democratization, the perils of globalization, and many other social concerns of deep importance. However, the lack of a common terminology hinders communication among the people and delays resolution of the disputes. Even when we seem to agree upon conceptual frameworks the lack of implementing power prevents us from delivering the positive results. Yet, our hope for a better future has never really died. At different points in history, people have been able to mobilize for good inspired by historical lessons and prominent ideas.
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