So that others may live

(Video Duration: 6 min 1 sec) 

“Human cannot do without being human. What makes one human live is another human. Only a person can raise another from where they fall and raise them then exalt them. If we do not try to think for humanity, if we do not try to laugh with them or suffer for them, how can we savor living? ...”

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Fountain Magazine

(Video Duration: 6 mins 29 secs)

Published bimonthly and distributed throughout the world, The Fountain covers themes on life, belief, knowledge, and universe. In an age of overspecialization in learning and over-indulgence in day-to-day occupations, The Fountain’s discourse refers to an overarching coverage of the human life with content as diverse and rich as the human life itself, yet with a common thread and pattern that is neatly knitted all the way through our diverse departments under humanities and sciences.

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The Concept of Ikhlas in the Gulen Movement - Fr. Thomas Michel

(Video Duration: 6  mins. 12 secs)

In his two-part presentation, Georgetown University professor Thomas Michel focuses, first, on Fethullah Gulen’s use of the Qur’an and the hadith, which he asserts what Gulen elaborates on as foundations of his belief and acts as opposed to those claiming he is innovating new ideas. In the second part, he moves on to “Gulen with regard to Sufism”, the school that Gulen both distinguishes himself from and has a lot in common with.

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Educational Philosophy of Gulen Movement - Asma Afsaruddin

(Video Duration: 6 mins 19 secs)

"The spread and success of the Gulen schools within and outside Turkey testifies to the efficacy of his educational philosophy which lays equal stress on the inculcation of Islamic ethical values and a sound training in the secular sciences. Gulen’s emphasis on reason wedded to faith is perfectly in accord with the spirit of the golden age of Islamic civilization with its flourishing culture and learning as well as with the spirit of our own age, as we have established. Madrasa reform in the wake of September 11 in particular is currently receiving serious attention in a number of Muslim countries and its implementation has begun in earnest in several of them. 51 In this context, the Gulen schools and their philosophy of education deserve closer attention since they are worthy of emulation in the contemporary period."

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Fethullah Gulen - Why did God Create Humans?

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Islam, probably the most misunderstood religion in the world, is among the hot reading topics for people all over the world. Questions and Answers about Islam Vol. 1 and 2 have been prepared to provide first-hand information from one of the most leading Islamic scholars of our time. In this book, Fethullah Gülen, sensitive to the real questions people have - the questions given rise to by the modern age - has tried, through patient argument, to answer people's doubts and questions.

Since God Knows What We Will Do, Why Does He Send Us Here?

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Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement's Soft Power Approach - Lessons for Arab Political Reform

(Video Duration: 6 mins. 14 secs.)

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Ph.D.

This presentation is based on field observations and readings of Fethullah Gulen. The goal is to draw lessons from the ideas and practices of the Gulen Movement that can inform political reform in the Arab world.

In a panel discussion held at Georgetown University's Berkeley Center, Mohammed Abu-Nimer of American University points out that one important character of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement is the movement's refusal to engage in partisan politics.

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Fethullah Gulen - Prudence

(Video Duration: 6 mins. 53 secs.)

Always exercise prudence for it can prevent any remorse and regret engendered by loss or failure. So many who have initiated projects have regretted their actions or blamed fate just because they failed to assess their situation prudently and competently. Such people are doubly in error: for inadequate deliberation and then for criticizing fate.

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Gulen and Gulen Movement are Transforming People

(Video Duration: 6 mins. 10 secs.)

Özcan Keleş, the Executive Director of Dialogue Society in London, explains how Fethullah Gulen and Gulen Movement are transforming people. At the reception of the following conference titled Peaceful Coexistence: Fethullah Gülen's Initiatives for Peace in the Contemporary World in Erasmus University of Rotterdam he shared his personal experience:

"There is commons about conferences and that is the theme of “Gulen and the Gulen Movement,” and why are we looking at this?

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Scholars' views on Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement - Part 2

(Video Duration: 7 mins.)

This video is the second part of the interviews with many prominent academicians who presented papers at the International Conference on Gulen Movement in Chicago.

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Scholars' views on Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement - Part 1

(Video Duration: 6 mins 21 secs.)

This video is the first part of the interviews with many prominent academicians who presented papers at the International Conference on Gulen Movement in Chicago.

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