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Analysis on Fethullah Gulen
Rumi ForumFethullah Gülen, Gulen Movement; The Gulen Movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam by Prof. Helen Rose Ebaugh from University of Houston, Houston, Texas. This is a book about an Islamic movement, the Gulen Movement, that is rooted in a moderate version of Islam and that promotes interfaith and intercultural dialog and global peace. Based on interviews with supporters of the Gulen movement in Turkey and in the U.S. and visits to Gulen-inspired schools, hospitals, newspapers and relief organizations, the book describes a movement that has millions of supporDevamını okuDaha az göster
Fethullah Gülen, Gulen Movement;
The Gulen Movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam by Prof. Helen Rose Ebaugh from University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
This is a book about an Islamic movement, the Gulen Movement, that is rooted in a moderate version of Islam and that promotes interfaith and intercultural dialog and global peace. Based on interviews with supporters of the Gulen movement in Turkey and in the U.S. and visits to Gulen-inspired schools, hospitals, newspapers and relief organizations, the book describes a movement that has millions of supporters in Turkey and that has spread to over 100 countries on five continents.
"I teach the Sociology of World Religions at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, and after the events of 9/11 (bombing of the World Trade Center and Pentagon) and the negative stereotypes that many Americans had of Islam and Muslims after that event, I began to look for the moderate voice of Islam and Muslims who would come forward to challenge the so-called terrorists. I saw Mr. Fethullah Gulen's full page ad in the New York Times condemning the bombings and wondered who he was. Then, several years later, two Turkish-Muslim graduate students entered our Sociology Dept and sought me out to take my course and work with me on theses related to the Gulen movement. As a result of my academic work in the area of interfaith dialog, I was also invited to be a keynote speaker at the 3rd. Harran conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, co-sponsored by the Journalist and Writers Foundation. So gradually I began to learn more about the Gulen movement and realized that it promoted interfaith dialog, education, modernization and peaceful co-existence."
The Gulen Movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam by Prof. Helen Rose Ebaugh from University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
This is a book about an Islamic movement, the Gulen Movement, that is rooted in a moderate version of Islam and that promotes interfaith and intercultural dialog and global peace. Based on interviews with supporters of the Gulen movement in Turkey and in the U.S. and visits to Gulen-inspired schools, hospitals, newspapers and relief organizations, the book describes a movement that has millions of supporters in Turkey and that has spread to over 100 countries on five continents.
"I teach the Sociology of World Religions at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, and after the events of 9/11 (bombing of the World Trade Center and Pentagon) and the negative stereotypes that many Americans had of Islam and Muslims after that event, I began to look for the moderate voice of Islam and Muslims who would come forward to challenge the so-called terrorists. I saw Mr. Fethullah Gulen's full page ad in the New York Times condemning the bombings and wondered who he was. Then, several years later, two Turkish-Muslim graduate students entered our Sociology Dept and sought me out to take my course and work with me on theses related to the Gulen movement. As a result of my academic work in the area of interfaith dialog, I was also invited to be a keynote speaker at the 3rd. Harran conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, co-sponsored by the Journalist and Writers Foundation. So gradually I began to learn more about the Gulen movement and realized that it promoted interfaith dialog, education, modernization and peaceful co-existence."
