It's up to us: Prominent Muslims call for fight against IS
Scholars and religious leaders said it was time for a show of defiance by allowing women to choose whether or not to wear the veil. A conference heard that moderate Muslims held the key to defeating...
View ArticleNational Development Requires Peaceful Co-existence
Last year on April 30th, Accra hosted an international conference on the theme: Love and Tolerance: Peaceful Co-existence in Diversity’, which attracted reputable local and international scholars with...
View ArticleCartoonists put Refugees' Plight on Canvas
As a controversial deal allowing Greece to send refugees from Turkey back comes into force, Indian Institute of Cartoonists (IIC) has brought to the city an exhibition on their plight. These are the...
View ArticleISIS and Turkey's crumbling democracy
Gerald Grudzen* The terrorist attacks Paris and now Brussels continue to undermine the life of pluralistic societies in Europe and encourage ever more repressive policies toward Muslim immigrants who...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen Condemns Brussels Terrorist Attacks
The Alliance for Shared Values issued the following statement from Fethullah Gulen on the Brussels terrorist attacks.I strongly condemn the brutal terrorist attacks at the Brussels International...
View ArticleIs there a “Parallel Structure” entrenched within the government? Has the...
The values Fethullah Gülen represents have spread their roots into our culture and civilization throughout history. If further emphasis is necessary, “Hizmet is the offspring of Anatolia”; it has not...
View ArticleTurkish cultural center honours several Senegalese women
Several Senegalese women, including former Prime Minister Aminata Touré, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Mariama Sarr and a reporter Amy Sarr Fall, were on Thursday honored in Dakar by the Turkish...
View ArticleConfidence and Trust in Gülen-Inspired Projects
Helen Rose Ebaugh In every local circle in which I interviewed, members expressed their trust in how their donations were being used. Repeatedly, interviewees said they never worried how their money...
View ArticleTurkey’s top Muslim leader abhors terrorism
Domini M. Torrevillas The carnage that snuffed out lives and blew bodies into shreds in an airport and a metro train in Brussels by Islamic State terrorists, the unabated bombings in the Middle East,...
View ArticleSouth Africa set to host the globally acclaimed International Festival of...
The International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) promotes research, learning and information exchanges in support of peace, friendship, understanding, inclusion and diversity. Founded in 2003...
View ArticleStudents from 32 countries participate in international cultural festival in...
The second annual international language and cultural festival in Cambodia on March 23rd has drawn the participation of students from 32 countries who are studying at Zaman International School in...
View ArticleTurkey descends into autocracy
S. P. Seth* Early in this century, Turkey looked like making a healthy transition to democracy. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, now Turkey’s president, became the country’s prime minister after his party won a...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen Condemns the Terrorist Attack in Lahore, Pakistan and Extends...
I have learned with grief about the horrible terrorist attack in Lahore, Pakistan that took 70 lives, majority of whom women and children, and injured over three hundred people on a children’s...
View ArticleTwo teachers among five killed in terrorist attack in Mogadishu
Five people, including two volunteer expat teachers, were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a school bus carrying students, teachers and school staff in the Somali capital Mogadishu on...
View ArticleTurk, Azerbaijani volunteers murder earns condemnation
Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed that one of its nationals operating in Mogadishu was among six people killed in drive-by shooting on Wednesday afternoon, Garowe Online reports. The Turk...
View ArticleErdogan's vendetta against moderate Muslims threatens Turkey's role in War on...
Emre Celik* Using tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets, Turkish police recently seized control of the country’s largest-circulation daily newspaper, Zaman. This blatant display of force...
View ArticleCondemnation and condolence message on occasion of the terror attack against...
M. Fethullah GülenThe terror attack in Somalia’s city of Mogadishu on a school bus, which resulted in the loss of five beautiful friends and the injuries of others, among whom were school-aged...
View ArticleMoldovan Minister of Culture meets the participants of the International...
On March 24, 2016, Deputy Minister of Culture Igor Șarov met participants from 15 countries who arrived at the International Festival of Language and Culture, edition of 2016 which will take place on...
View ArticleTurkish Islam vs. Islamic universalism – Is the Gülen Movement relevant to...
Graham Fuller Does the Gülen Movement embrace and promote “Turkish Islam?” Is there enough Islamic universalism within the Gülen movement to make it relevant for non-Turkish Muslims? (1) The Gülen...
View ArticleSolving the Paradox: How to be a Balanced Muslim
Maimul Ahsan Khan This is Gulen’s most unique achievement. He did not give up his own religious practice in any areas of his activities and also extended his cooperation and collaboration with many...
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