Fethullah Gülen: Difference between revisions

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He teaches that the Muslim community has a duty of service (Turkish: ''hizmet'')<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r04OPJArUPQC&q=A+Civilian+Response+to+Ethno-Religious+Conflict&pg=PP1|title=Mehmet Kalyoncu, A Civilian Response to Ethno-Religious Conflict: The Gülen Movement in Southeast Turkey (Tughra Books, 2008), pp. 19–40|access-date=24 August 2014|isbn=9781597840255|last1=Kalyoncu|first1=Mehmet|year=2008}}</ref> to the common good of the community and the nation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?isbn=0804755019|title=Berna Turam, Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement (Stanford University Press 2006) p. 61|author=Berna Turam|publisher=Sup.org|access-date=24 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611191850/http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?isbn=0804755019|archive-date=11 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and to Muslims and non-Muslims all over the world;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FFVBFC|title=Saritoprak, Z. and Griffith, S. Fethullah Gülen and the 'People of the Book': A Voice from Turkey for Interfaith Dialogue, The Muslim World, Vol. 95 No. 3, July 2005, p.337-8|editor=Zeki Saritoprak |date=1 January 2005| publisher=Blackwell Publishing/Hartford Seminary |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> and that the Muslim community is obliged to conduct dialogue with not just the "People of the Book" (Jews and Christians), and people of other religions, but also with agnostics and atheists.
 
Gülen's Sufism is greatly influenced by [[Sufi]] [[Kurds|Kurdish]] Quranic scholar [[Said Nursi]] (1877–1960), who advocated illuminating modern education and science through Islam. Gülen expands on Nursi to advocate what has been described as a "Turkish nationalist, state-centered and pro-business approach" centered on service (''hizmet'', in Turkish).<ref name="autogenerated2" /> Some participants within Gülen's movement have viewed Nursi's or Gülen's works as that of ''[[mujaddid]]s'' or "renewers" of Islam within their respective times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.herkul.org/weekly-sermons/the-role-of-the-spiritual-guide/|title=The Role of the Spiritual Guide &#124; Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi'nin sohbetleri.|date=18 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page = 76|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TLQwBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|title = The Gülen Hizmet Movement: Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform|author = Christopher L. Miller|publisher = Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year = 2013|isbn = 9781443845076}}</ref> Others have opined in more [[eschatology|eschatological]] terms, equating Gülen's work as assistance toward the prophesized [[Mahdi]] to come,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/who-was-behind-the-coup-attempt-in-turkey.html|title=Opinion &#124; Who Was Behind the Coup Attempt in Turkey?|first=Mustafa|last=Akyol|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 July 2016}}</ref> albeit Gülen's spokespersons discourage broaching such speculation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barakainstitute.org/news/dear-muslims-dont-wait-for-a-savior-by-mustafa-akyol/|title='Dear Muslims, don't wait for a savior' by Mustafa Akyol – Baraka Institute}}</ref> and an official gülenist website hosts an article entitled "Claiming to be the Mahdi is Deviation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fgulen.com/en/home/1359-fgulen-com-english/gulens-works/recent-articles/25352-claiming-to-be-the-mahdi-is-deviation|title=Claiming to be the Mahdi is Deviation – Fethullah Gülen's Official Web Site|website=fgulen.com}}</ref> In 2016, Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate ([[Diyanet]]), [[Mehmet Görmez]], said Gülen's is a "fake Mahdi movement".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gulen-movement-is-fake-mahdi-says-turkeys-religious-directorate-head-102487|title=Gülen movement is fake Mahdi, says Turkey's Religious Directorate head|website=Hürriyet Daily News}}</ref>
 
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