September 2, 2014

'Hizmet a shiny beacon in the Islamic world, a beacon of hope for the future'

Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 7 (Full text)

Fr. Alexei Smith
My name is Father Alexei**.

I am a Catholic Priest, and I am not only a Pastor of a congregation here, Parish here, in Los Angeles, but I also work for the Archdiocese as the Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer for the Archdiocese.

Gov't discriminates against Hizmet-affiliated private schools

Some private schools affiliated with the Hizmet movement, a faith-based social movement inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, have been prevented from accessing government incentives.