Outside the Agenda
The world agenda is occupied with all kinds of things: the US presidential elections, Syrian massacre, economic fallout…
Fethullah Gulen
127 articles
Translating the Qur’an into Action
Reflections on the Qur’an: Commentaries on Selected VersesM. Fethullah GülenISBN 9781597842761NJ: Tughra Books An average English reader is…
Nigeria: Establishing a culture of coexistence and mutual understanding
A two-day International Conference on “Establishing a Culture of Coexistence and Mutual Understanding: Exploring the Fethullah Gülen’s Thought…
The Freedom of Religion, the Concept of War, and Gulen
Scholars have put forward varying ideas on the legitimacy of war in Islam. While there is consensus on…
Editorial: Culture of Coexistence
The Fountain is co-sponsoring an international conference in Abuja, Nigeria, November 18-19. The theme is “Establishing a Culture…
The Art of Living Together
At the onset of the twenty-first century, a new relationship is being forged between my own Greek…
Civic Service Without Borders
The Gulen Movement: Civic Service without BordersMuhammed ÇetinNew York: Blue Dome Press, 2009ISBN: 978-1-935295-08-2Hardcover, US$ 18.95400 pages “[The…
The Fountain Talks
2011 has started off with a bang. Many Arab countries are following the examples of Tunisia and Egypt.…
Faith, Theology and Service in Peacebuilding
Fethullah Gulen’s work and thinking starts and ends in faith. In a world that commonly extends conflict by…
Heroism, Locally and Globally
Everyone, at least at one point in his or her life, feels destitute, deprived of any hope, as…
Social Reform and Fethullah Gulen: the Cairo Perspective
In Egypt the impression of Turkey in recent times has been shaped by the fantastic goal the soccer…
Home
Home is special for everyone. For many, it is where they were born and raised. For others it…
Fethullah Gulen and the Contribution of Islamic scholarship to Democracy
Since the fifth century BCE, democracy has been discussed by political theorists, philosophers and members of diverse societies…
A Personal Pilgrimage
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.”…
A Communitarian Imperative: Fethullah Gulen’s Model of Modern Turkey
If there has been one great political lesson the twentieth century has taught us, surely it is the…