Fethullah Gülen Is One of the Most Distinguished Islamic Scholars of Our Century
The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “Scholars are heirs of the prophets.” The Islamic intellectual, the…
Fethullah Gulen
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Editorial: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Many past civilizations believed – and in fact many still believe – that a solar eclipse was an…
Nobody Can Be Religious for Another Person – I Had to Affirm That for Myself
Religion today is not perceived as it was in the past. This is true throughout the world, but…
A Theology of Dialogue
Hizmet (service, in Turkish) is a faith-inspired social movements with schools and cultural centers around the world. Hizmet’s…
Exhausted, But Moving Forward With Hope
Around the world, many people feel exhausted. Americans are exhausted from their elections and revelations of troubling conspiracies.…
NOT EVEN WATER! Turkey’s Refugees in America
Safiye is a teacher who fled Turkey a day before the July 15, 2016, attempted coup. She left…
Editorial: After The Coup Attempt, A Crackdown In Turkey
The Fountain has been recently banned by the Turkish government in Turkey. Let us try to explain why:…
The Winter Is Coming
In this issue, some of our writers address one of the most urgent crises of our age: the…
Wresting Jihad from the Jihadists
I departed Brussels a few days before the March 22, 2016, attacks which killed over thirty people, injured…
The Existence of God – According to Muslim Theologians and Thinkers
Proving the existence of God is a venture that numerous Muslim philosophers, theologians, and thinkers have been attempting…
Muslims, We Have to Critically Review Our Understanding of Islam
I share profound frustration with a billion-and-a-half Muslims around the world at the fact that such groups commit…
The Spiritual Heart in the Thought of Fethullah Gulen
If a person is to realize the true meaning intended by the creation of the human, they must…
Does Islam Promote Violence?
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, a huge number of books and articles have been published investigating…
Clash of Wills
The histories of nations are shaped by countless stories, both real and fictional; in most cases, the line…
Civil Rights, the Hizmet Movement, and the Liberative Power of Education
One of the foundational principles of the teachings of M. Fethullah Gulen, and thus one of the animating…