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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Gulen Movement in its Private and Public Domain - Prof. Martin van Bruinessen

(Video Duration: 4 mins 56 secs)

The presentation of Prof. Martin van Bruinessen from Utrecht University, the Netherlands, comprises two parts: In part one, he characterizes Muslim Brotherhood as a faith-based movement. In part two, he attempts to compare and contrast Muslim Brotherhood with the Gülen Movement and offers their similarities and dissimilarities (if applicable).

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Anatomy of the Gulen Movement - Prof. Dogu Ergil

(Video Duration: 5 mins 9 secs)

In his keynote address, Prof. Ergil from Ankara University, Turkey, reflects on the Gulen Movement in relation to the political landscape in Turkey and the alleged “political Islam” or “politicization of Islam” around the world at large. Ergil presents the movement’s standpoints concerning Islam and modernity as well as how it has shaped the atmosphere at home, Turkey, with its particularities.

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Mapping the Gulen Movement International Conference - Q&A

(Video Duration: 8 mins. 43 secs)

The one-day international conference reflects different dimensions of the Gülen Movement, which originated in Turkey and then expanded throughout the world. International experts discuss the movement from the following viewpoints: theological, intellectual, financial, structural, political, gender, and sociocultural.

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Intellectual Dimension of the Gulen Movement - Pim Valkenberg

(Video Duration: 4 mins. 25 secs)

Pim Valkenberg presents his analysis on whether a difference exists between esoteric and exoteric forms of discourse that the Gulen Movement communicates. His analysis intends to bring facts-that the movement is addressing to diverse communities and profiles and the discourse is necessarily modified -to light in an answer to the claim that the movement has a double agenda.

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Mobilization and Organization in Gulen Movement - Muhammed Cetin

(Video Duration: 3 mins. 42 secs)

In an attempt to present the structural dimensions of the Gulen Movement, Dr. Muhammed Cetin delivers his presentation offering answers to how the movement mobilizes, what kind of institutions are set up, how they are governed and how the ideas diffuse. And finally the most frequently raised question “What exactly is the role of Fethullah Gulen?”, which he answers quoting from Gulen.

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Structure and Operation of Gulen Movement Prof. Johan Leman

(Video Duration: 3 mins 43 secs)

The Gulen Chair holder at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Prof. Johan Leman presents his analysis of the Gulen Movement, based on his studies and observations in his native country Belgium.

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There is so much to write about the Hizmet Movement

(Video Duration: 3 mins. 41 secs.)

Karen Fontenot, Ph.D.

Dr. Karen Fontenot* speaking at the dinner reception of the conference Mapping the Gülen Movement: A Multidimensional Approach in Amsterdam, October 7, 2010:

“This was one of the most informative and provocative and useful conferences on the issue I have been to up to date. I’ve been involved in the movement since 2005, and I’m fortunate to live with my coauthor, my husband Dr. Michael Fontenot, and we were asked to present a paper at that conference in 2005 at Rice University. After we were finished, I told Mike: ‘This was such an interesting topic, it’s a shame there is nothing more to write about.’ Well five years ago, we were just finding out we just hit the surface.

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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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Gulen conference in Rotterdam - Fr. Thomas Michel at the closing reception

(Video Duration: 4 mins. 22 secs.)

Fr. Thomas Michel (Secretary, Vatican Secretariat for Interreligious Dialogue) is delivering a speech at the closing reception of Gulen Conference in Rotterdam on November 23, 2007.

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