At a recent conference at Georgetown University, scholars from four continents presented 35 papers to a very large audience. As it is impossible to cover all the papers within this column, I will only touch on six of them that were characteristic of views throughout the world.
The Gülen movement was praised as a movement that can set a good example for the Islamic world during a two-day conference held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., over the weekend.
I am in Washington, D.C., to present a paper at a conference, titled "Islam in the Age of Global Challenges: Alternative Perspectives of the Gülen Movement," organized by Georgetown University and the Rumi Forum. Conference organizers say that globalization implies the expansion of challenges to al...
Abdülkadir Aksoy, lawyer for Fethullah Gülen — a Turkish intellectual and scholar — has said a news report in the Milliyet daily on Tuesday that suggested an investigation has been launched into Gülen is untrue.
A week in Istanbul can hardly fail to be an enriching experience for the intellectually curious visitor - even more when this great city, and Turkey generally, is at the heart of so many of the world's shaping concerns of faith and politics. This was certainly the case for me, when I stayed in Ist...
At a recent conference at Georgetown University, scholars from four continents presented 35 papers to a very large audience. As it is impossible to cover all the papers within this column, I will only touch on six of them that...
Turkey's first and only Arabic magazine, Hira, whose name refers to the cave where the Prophet Muhammad first received revelations from God, has brought together prominent figures from Egypt and the Arab world.
The Gülen movement was praised as a movement that can set a good example for the Islamic world during a two-day conference held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., over the weekend.
I am in Washington, D.C., to present a paper at a conference, titled "Islam in the Age of Global Challenges: Alternative Perspectives of the Gülen Movement," organized by Georgetown University and the Rumi Forum. Conference organizers...
A two-day conference on the Gülen movement's contributions to inter-religious dialogue and world peace kicked off yesterday at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
For centuries we have enjoyed commitment to a belief in eternity, and the atmosphere we inhaled every moment was filled with eternal considerations. Each of our pursuits triggered in us feelings from beyond...
It seems that we have forgotten how to act like human beings. We are far removed from representing our unique status among all of existence. Despite all the qualities we possess which the angels envy,...
What is the importance of having a good opinion of others for a Muslim’s way of thinking?
Some people claim that in Muslim societies, women are confined to their home and they are oppressed. Is there any truth in this claim? What is the position of women in family life and in society according...
Today, the entire globe but especially certain parts of the world are passing through a critical turn, which is more dangerous than ever. The destruction of the power balance, chaotic situations and utter...
Interreligious dialogue was not a twentieth century development in the history of relations between Christians and Muslims. There are numerous examples when Christians and Muslims joined in public dialogues,...
The concept of responsibility forms an important bridge between practice, value and belief. Some Christian theologians and ethicists, for example, see it as core to religious identity (Niebuhr 1963, Schweiker...
Introduction
1. The enemies of human societies
The Gülen-inspired schools, which have originated in Turkey and spread across the globe in more than a hundred countries, are sometimes perceived as Islamic schools. It is so mostly because the businessmen...
Everyone takes up the matter of a new world order and evaluates it from a different point of view, according to their own thoughts. This is quite natural. For example, people who have suffered from an...
As in the past, there are some conjectures being made about the future today as well. One of these is the claim regarding the future as an age of information. Those people who are discussing the future...
Your Most Respected Holiness, We bring you the sincerest greetings from the people of the land known to be the birthplace of the three great religions, people who have full knowledge of your sacred mission...
I would like to make it very clear that any terrorist activity, no matter by whom it is carried out or for what purpose, is the greatest blow to peace, de-mocracy, and humanity. For this reason, no one—and...
Just as every dawn, every sunrise, and every coming spring signifies a new beginning and hope, so does every new century and every new millennium. In this respect, within the wheels of time, over which...
This is a very comprehensive subject. From one perspective it is open to debate. It's very difficult to summarize my thoughts on this kind of platform. In one sense we don't separate men and women. In...
The Messenger of God lived in an age that well-manner had been long forgotten and in a place in which daughters were subject to infanticide. You will have an idea of their well-manner, by only looking...
Much has been said on the issue of information sources. Some of the people who have commented on this issue have sometimes been restricted by their knowledge and/or faith, thus they have vocalized different...
Prophet Muhammad is like the core of all the good deeds, prosperity and divine blessing. He is the unfailing, unerring guide, the exemplar to be taken as a model by all, and the one who leads to the Right...
The hawk's swooping contributes to the sparrow's alertness and agility. Although rain, electricity, or fire sometimes harms people, no one curses them. Fasting may be difficult, but it provides the body...
The Architect of Our SoulsHumanity is terribly in need of people with inner depths and sincerity now, more than anything else, for people who suffer and cry for the sins and errors of others; who look forward to forgiveness and pardon of others before their own... Read More... |
Longing For LoveIt seems that we have forgotten how to act like human beings. We are far removed from representing our unique status among all of existence. Despite all the qualities we possess which the angels envy... Read More... |
Gülen MovementThe Gulen movement, that's probably one of their key commitments besides education, is interfaith dialogue. Many of them would say that interfaith dialogue is another form of education. And so, interfaith dialogue in their view is a way in which all of us living in the planet... Read More... |
Rotterdam ConferenceBelow are some papers presented in the Rotterdam Conference on the Fethullah Gülen Movement. |
Who Created God?
Hocaeffendi or the GREAT SOUL - salam...
Gülen Institute Hosts US Congressmen at İftar
Geetings and requests - Dear brothers...
Gülen Institute Hosts US Congressmen at İftar
greetings - I am still waiting for yo...
Does God Exist?
This was a wonderful article by a gre...
Teachings of Gülen, Gandhi Discussed in Russian P...
It is a very aspiring report. With le...