Strategic defamation of Fethullah Gulen

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Dogan Koc, Ph.D.

Who is Gulen? Fethullah Gülen is a moderate Turkish Muslim scholar who is known mostly for his education and dialogue activities. The Hizmet Movement, inspired by Gülen, has established hundreds of education and dialogue institutions throughout the world. Several books and hundreds of articles and news reports have been written about Gülen himself and the movement. In recent years, a defamation campaign has been launched against Gülen and the Hizmet Movement. Although these defamation articles may seem random, this book shows that the articles are written strategically in a campaign manner. In Strategic Defamation of Fethullah Gülen, close to 500 defamation articles, books, and other forms of writings are analyzed according to their languages by Dogan Koc. Dr. Koc concludes that these defamations differ from each other and appear according to their respective audiences.

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Culture of Coexistence

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We’re now one global family. As a matter of fact, we’ve always been one human family, sons of daughters of same parents, Adam and Eve.

The awareness and commitment of serving all people regardless of race, color, religion or nationality…

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Fethullah Gulen on a Global Scale

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Fethullah Gulen's legal journey: James C. Harrington (*), director of the Texas Civil Rights Project and a law professor at the University of Texas, wrote a book titled “Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Gülen” on the trial of renowned Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in Turkey, which ended with his acquittal being upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals in 2008.

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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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Fethullah Gulen's Islamic Ideas and Humanistic Discourse

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Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish intellectual, scholar, and activist whose influence over a new Islamic intellectual, social, and spiritual revival is revealed in this insightful book. Readers will gain a fuller understanding of where Gulen stands on issues of inherent human value and dignity, freedom of thought, education and taking responsibility for creating society and the world. In addition, readers will also see how different perspectives across time, geography, and worldview can still find points on which to engage in dialogue and find a deep resonance.

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Fethullah Gulen - Advocate of Dialogue

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Fethullah Gulen and his perspectives on interfaith dialogue…

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Gulen Movement schools serve as "Peace Islands" worldwide

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Gulen Movement schools serve as "Peace Islands" worldwide, bringing together students from different religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

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Gulen Movement & Fethullah Gulen analyzed by Reuters

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Fethullah Gulen

In a lengthy article published by Reuters, the Gulen Movement was analyzed and Fethullah Gulen was described as a Muslim scholar who advocates a moderate Islam rooted in modern life, and whose teachings have inspired millions to forge a powerful socio-religious community active in publishing, charity and above all education.

In the article, Reuters say Gulen has a reputation abroad as a Muslim who preaches tolerance and engagement with other faiths and that the movement has built up a network of some 800 schools around the world, teaching a full curriculum focusing on science and technology, as well as encouraging pupils to aim high.

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Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement conferences

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Fethullah Gulen

Fethullah Gulen has become one of the best known scholars. Gulen's books have been translated into many languages. Opening ceremonies are held for the Gulen Chairs at universities for his interfaith dialog struggles.

Conferences on Gulen and his movement are held at institutes all around the world. And the educational volunteers who are inspired by Gulen have become themes to be evaluated in important organizations.

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Fethullah Gulen and interfaith dialogue

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Fethullah Gulen and Pope John, II

Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish Muslim scholar, thinker, author, poet, opinion leader, educational activist, and preacher emeritus. He is regarded as the initiator and inspirer of the worldwide social movement of human values known as the Hizmet (Service) Movement. Focused on education where secular curricula are taught by teachers who aspire to "represent" high values of humanity, this social phenomenon defeats easy categorization. Volunteer participants in the movement, consisting of students, academicians, business owners, professionals, public officials, white-collar and blue-collar workers, farmers, men and women, young and old, contribute to multiple ways of service, which crystallize in tutoring centers, schools, colleges, hospitals, a major relief organization, publishing houses, and media institutions, both in Turkey and in more than a hundred countries of the world.

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About Fethullah Gulen

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Who is Fethullah Gulen?

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Mr. Fethullah Gülen is known and respected among Turkish Muslims as well as Muslims from around the world as an authoritative mainstream Muslim scholar of the Sunni tradition, to which 87–90% of the world’s Muslim population belongs. He is also a thinker, a poet, a prolific author, an educational activist and an opinion leader. His readership in Turkey is estimated at several million. His influence outside Turkey is growing daily as his works are translated into many languages including English, Arabic, Russian, German, Spanish, Urdu, Bosnian, Albanian, Malay and Indonesian. In addition to printed publications, his ideas are accessible to an ever increasing world population through private radio and television networks sympathetic to his views.

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