Perhaps the most influential Islamic leader that most non-Muslims have never heard of is a Turkish preacher named Fethullah Gülen. Now living in the United States, he stands at the head of a broad movement that runs schools in Turkey and abroad as well as businesses and a publishing empire. His group also actively conducts dialogue with other religions. His supporters praise him as an important modern and moderate Muslim thinker, but some people in Turkey suspect he is trying to infiltrate the secular state there.
Alexandra Hudson, an Amsterdam staffer who was recently on secondment to Istanbul, has written a feature about the Gülen movement — you can read it here.
Gülen has an extensive website (in English and other languages) with his writings, videos and articles from conferences about his movement. The New York Times has also done an article on his movement recently, about its work running schools in Pakistan.
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As an OKI I liked this man and look at our conferenece at
Gülen’s Interpretation of Sufism (D. Koc)
http://fethullahgulenconference.org/okl ahoma/read.php?p=gulens-interpretation-o f-sufism
- Posted by oklahomanredCheck this article from a great academia
“Funding Gülen-inspired Good Works: Demonstrating and Generating Commitment to the Movement
Dr Helen Rose Ebaugh & Mr Dogan Koc”
http://gulenconference.org.uk/userfiles /file/Proceedings/Prcd%20-%20Ebaugh%20a nd%20Koc.pdf
- Posted by elena tquen