Fethullah Gulen - Remarks by Ambassador David Newton

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Amb. David Newton

David Newton, Former US Ambassador to Iraq (1984-88) and Yemen (1994-97) with a 36 year diplomatic career, was interviewed at traditional Rumi Forum* Peace and Dialogue Awards ceremony held in Washington, on Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

Praising the contributions of the Rumi Forum, Amb. Newton emphasized the need for mutual understanding and peaceful dialogue:

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Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement - Remarks by Prof. Greg Barton

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Greg Barton, Ph.D.

Dr. Greg Barton: "If we want to understand the business dynamics of the Gulen Movement enterprises, so called the Hizmet enterprises, we want to look at the model of the Nobel Prize winner Muhammed Yunus. He says: 'we start businesses deliberately so meet social need, it is not to make money, these are not-for-profit businesses, but we're trying to have social engagement work in a self-sustaining fashion; so the businesses pay for themselves and keep on expanding'. I think, with the Hizmet schools, we see something strikingly similar..."

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Turkish, Kurdish intellectuals gather under Abant Platform in Iraq

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The Abant Platform, a prominent discussion forum known for dealing with pressing issues challenging Turkey, held its second conference on the Kurdish issue in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on Feb. 15, 2009. The meeting was titled "Searching for Peace and a Future Together."

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Essays on Fethullah Gulen by Russian Intellectuals

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The people of Eurasia have now a better understanding of the teachings of Fethullah Gulen. Gulen wants everyone to walk on the path of righteousness; the schools established through his initiatives teach friendship, peace and love.

Published in Russian and Turkish in Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the journal DA (Dialogue Eurasia) became a printing body that promotes dialogue development between people and cultures. The same is repeated in the motto of the journal: “Dialogue begins with “DA” (means "yes", in Russian).

A special edition of Journal DA is on the newsstands. The latest issue features essays by the intellectuals of Eurasia writing about the different visions of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen.

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Pioneer Academy of Science Wins High Honors

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The "Pioneer Academy of Science," also known as the "Turkish College" in Clifton, New Jersey was ranked the second in the United States National Science Olympiad Invitational with 4 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze medals.

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Fethullah Gulen offers condolences, strongly condemns mindless violence

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Fethullah Gulen

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has strongly condemned at attack on US Consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including Libyan ambassador, and expressed deep condolences to the American people.

"I have learned with sadness about the attack on the US Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi which resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, consulate personnel and several others.

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Fethullah Gulen - Heroes of Love

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Only those who overflow with love will build the happy and enlightened world of the future. Their lips smiling with love their hearts brimming with love their eyes radiating love and the most tender human feelings-such are the heroes of love who always receive messages of love from the rising and setting of the sun and from the flickering light of the stars.

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Boyd: Fethullah Gulen describes how Islam may contribute to democratization

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Tom W. Boyd, Ph.D.

Dr. Tom W. Boyd: "Gulen makes a serious statement about how democratization process, which is inevitable, can be contributed to by Islam, if Islam would carefully reinterpret its own self understanding... He is fairly critical of Islam from an insiders position, but he is critical in a creative way; nothing destructive at all..."

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Hizmet (Gulen Movement) very clearly is on the side of peacemakers

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Jon Pahl, Ph.D.

Dr. Jon Pahl: "I believe, the Hizmet Movement very clearly is on the side of peacemakers. Because within Hizmet, sacred space is moral space. Wherever people are gathered together doing the good, recognizing the beautiful, speaking the truth, that is a sacred place..."

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Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement - Remarks by Prof. Robert A. Pape

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Robert A. Pape, Ph.D.

Prof. Robert A. Pape: "I think that the position of Mr. Gulen is an important antidote to the kind of fear that has emerged in the era of terrorism... What Mr. Gulen is doing and what the Gulen Movement is doing is working against the restriction of civil liberties. Just sort of build tolerance in an era when we need it most."

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Gulen Movement shows extraordinarily good examples of how to treat "others"

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Prof. Henning Bech

Organized by Finland Dialog Association and The Fountain, a bimonthly US-based periodical, Culture of Coexistence: The Art of Living Together seminar took place April 24, 2012 under the auspices of the Finland Ministry of Culture and Sports.

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Fethullah Gulen: No Return from Democracy

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Fethullah Gulen

Fethullah Gulen speaks at the commencement reception of Journalists and Writers Foundation:

As with the entire world, people in Turkey are also heading towards democracy. To date, majority of the people in Turkey have lived only with the ten percent of democracy; they were able to get only one tenth of it, and have survived up to this date with that.

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Importance of Gulen-inspired schools

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Fr. Thomas Michel

Fethullah Gulen Chair at the UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia hosted a conference titled The Significance of the Education for the Future: The Gulen Model of Education.

Fr. Thomas Michel (Secretary, Vatican Secretariat for Inter-religious Dialogue), was interviewed at the opening reception:

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Fethullah Gulen Condemns 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

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Fethullah Gulen

When 9/11 attacks took place, Fethullah Gulen was one of the first Islamic scholar to step forward and unequivocally condemn such acts. Fethullah Gulen said:

Terror can never be used in the name of Islam or for the sake of any Islamic end. Acts such as random killing, suicide bombings and kidnapping are completely forbidden in Islam and can never be undertaken whatever circumstance condition. Those who kill one innocent person through such acts are considered in Islam to have killed the whole humankind. A terrorist can not be a Muslim and a Muslim can not be terrorist. A Muslim can only be representative as a symbol of peace, well-being and prosperity.

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Gulen Movement praised by Obama Adviser

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Dalia Mogahed

Gulen movement is an inspiration for all, says Obama’s Muslim adviser Mogahed.

Appointed by US President Barack Obama and the first Muslim woman to be a member of the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Dalia Mogahed has said the Gülen movement, a faith-based social movement named after Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, is a model and inspiration for all those working for the good of the society.

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Fethullah Gulen acquitted

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Fethullah Gulen

The Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals has rejected the Chief Prosecutor's Office's objection to the acquittal of scholar Fethullah Gulen, which was upheld by the appeals court in early March. Gulen had been charged with "establishing an illegal organization". The objection was soundly defeated by a 16 to 7 vote.

Fethullah Gulen's acquittal has been officially registered a third time following the objection of the Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalçinkaya.

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Gulen Movement & Gulen Institute - Remarks by Kofi Annan

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Gulen Movement and Gulen Institute's activities were praised by Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the United Nations between 1997 and 2006. On April 12 2010, Annan addressed to a distinguished audience at Gulen Institute's Luncheon Forum.

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Gulen Movement & Gulen Institute - Remarks by Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was the keynote speaker for The Gülen Institute Luncheon Series in Houston, Texas on December 2, 2008.

"In a world that lacks direction, there can be no doubt that a pathfinder is needed. It is much more likely to be found in the values that reside at the heart of the Gülen Institute and this luncheon series.

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Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement - Remarks by James Baker

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James Baker

Fethullah Gulen, the Gulen Movement, and their efforts for interfaith dialogue are recognized by Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker:

"I think this [Gulen] institute serves all humanity based on the perspectives inspired by the life and works of Fethullah Gulen who tirelessly works to foster mutual understanding among civilizations, among cultures and among faiths."

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