April 24, 2013

'Even deeper than 9/11'

Ali H. Aslan

In my humble opinion, following the tragic events in Boston, there are two questions before us that we must contemplate deeply on. First, despite all the efforts of the Obama administration to ease the tension in the air, why is the US still being subject to terrorist actions that Muslims seem to have taken a part in, both from inside and outside the country? Second, why is Muslim world unable to efficiently prevent its children from sinking into the abyss of terror? We need to put our hats aside and truly search for the answer to these questions.

'Gulen Movement is a civil society movement, rather than a religious one'

University of Utah professor of political science Hakan Yavuz, Ph.D, gave a lecture followed by a conversation on his latest book “Toward an Islamic Enlightenment: The Gulen Movement”. At the lecture hosted by Rumi Forum Washington D.C., Yavuz argued that the Gulen Movement should not be considered a religious movement, rather, a civil society movement. He underscored that he offers a comprehensive study of the movement in his book and, further in his presentation, focused on the motive alongside message of the book and the aspects of the movement he considered worthy of mentioning.

Lebanese-Swedish singer Zain says proud to sing Fethullah Gülen's poem

Lebanese-Swedish singer Maher Zain, who recently sang a poem written by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen for an album titled “Colors of Peace-Rise Up,” has said that he is very proud of singing a poem by Gülen.