April 26, 2013

More on The Internal Workings of The Gulen Movement

Hakan Yavuz, Ph.D.

In general terms, the Gülen movement reflects a new understanding of Islam and modernity from within an Islam that is informed by Anatolian modern history and secular progress: This is a civil Islam that has successfully found fresh ways to inspire social activism through piety. It has modernized the humanistic treasures of Islam through innovations in education. Fethullah Gülen is the visionary of this movement. Without him, the future of the movement will depend on how well his vision, as taught, is carried out.

Ghannouchi: Islam a religion of dialogue; Fethullah Gülen promotes ‘noble Islam'

The head of Tunisia's largest opposition movement, Rachid Ghannouchi, has warned that Islam is endangered by radicalism, which he described as a project of bringing about incitement and civil war.

Minister thankful to Fethullah Gulen for backing the peace process

Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis, thankful to Fethullah Gulen for backing the ongoing peace process in Turkey’s Kurdish issue, said, “The peace process is a process in which the entire nation feels the honor of being equal citizens of the same state under the same flag. So I would like to send my thanks to the Honorable Fethullah Gulen who has embraced this process as well.”