December 11, 2012

Hizmet movement could be powerful argument for education: Scholar

The Hizmet movement, a social movement inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, could be a powerful argument for the theory that people need only good education to bring out the goodness in them, a U.S. scholar said Saturday.

Italian professor: Fethullah Gulen is a true lover of the Prophet

Fethullah Gulen
Fethullah Gulen
Professor Francesco Zannini, a prominent figure in the field of Islamic Studies in Italy, described Fethullah Gulen as a true "lover of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)." At a conference held at Torino University about Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen movement (aka Hizmet movement), Dr. Zannini explained he saw that preserving religious values did not require one to forgo any modern development, as he took into consideration the social, cultural, and historical environment where Gulen grew up..

Academics, civil society call for freer, diverse universities in new law

Participants of a meeting hosted by the Zaman daily have called on the Higher Education Board (YÖK) to grant universities broader freedoms instead of the existing centralized structure under a new YÖK Law.