Statement: Passing on of Fethullah Gulen
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. With heavy hearts and humble acceptance of Allah's will, we announce the departure of the beloved teacher Fethullah Gulen Hocaefendi from this temporal world. His works and teachings have been the inspiration and impetus behind our work. We stand comforted by [...]
Cross-cultural Dialogue on the Virtues: The Contribution of Fethullah Gulen
by Trudy Conway Conway’s book explores the origins, history, development, and modern manifestations of the Hizmet movement, inspired originally by the Turkish scholar Fethullah Gulen. It provides a detailed analysis of Gulen’s account of the virtues, asserting that tolerance, hospitality, compassion and charity serve as the basis for the [...]
Countering Violent Extremism-Hizmet and Media
Countering Violent Extremism-Hizmet and Media: “Hizmet’s Media-Oriented Approach to De-radicalization” 2015 Winner of the Hizmet Essay Contest Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi, PhD Scholar, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, India Abstract: At a time when the extremist indoctrination, jihadist recruitment and radicalization of [...]
Transforming Altruism from Selfish into Sacrificial
Transforming Altruism from Selfish into Sacrificial: How Reciprocity with God Inspires Extraordinary Service in the Hizmet Movement 2014 Graduate Winner of the Hizmet Essay Contest Mary Elizabeth Cole, M.A, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY In the Mindanao region in the Philippines, Turkish schoolteachers unify classes of Christians and Moro Muslims [...]
Why Hizmet, the Movement Inspired by Fethullah Gülen, Can Answer the World’s Most Compelling Problem: Religious Violence
2014 Undergraduate Winner of the Hizmet Essay Contest By Martine Astier Gaetan, B.A, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK Background Nearly every 21-year old American college senior, like me, enjoys watching films. So when my parents invited me to a film premier for Love is a Verb last May in [...]
Gulen Inspired Schools: Lessons that Matter
“A good lesson is one that does more than provide pupils with useful information or skills; it should elevate them into the presence of the unknown” – Fethullah Gulen, Sizinti – March 1981 Up until this point, my life has been pressed within a world that struggles to unite people [...]