A Movement of Peace
Millions of people around the world are mourning Fetullah Gülen, who died Sunday at the retreat center in…
Hizmet Movement
17 articles
The Fethullah Gülen I Came to Know
When I wrote the first critical biography in English of the Muslim scholar and preacher M. Fethullah Gülen,…
Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gülen
I follow closely and with great interest what Western thinkers write and think about the Hizmet Movement, how…
The Theological Dimension of the Thought of M. Fethullah Gülen (Part 3)
The terms translated in English as “worship,” “servanthood,” and “devotion” are taken from Arabic and possess a long…
The Theological Dimension of the Thought of M. Fethullah Gülen (Part 2)
“Sincerity” in the Islamic Tradition Ikhlas is a Qur’anic concept that is variously translated as “sincerity” or “purity…
Women’s Participation in Faith-based Social Movements
Fethullah Gülen, the Muslim scholar who inspired the global educational movement called Hizmet, has not only challenged popular…
The Theological Dimension of the Thought of M. Fethullah Gülen (Part 1)
Gülen as Spiritual Master In recent years, much has been written about the thought of Fethullah Gülen and…
Religious Communities and Response to COVID-19: The Case of the Hizmet Movement
This is not the first time that the world is witnessing a pandemic; previous incidents were regional in…
Entering into the Risk of Real Dialogue
In memory of Stanley Ridge Prof. Stanley Ridge, the former Vice Rector of the University of the Western…
“Ours Is Not a Caravan of Despair” – The Hizmet Movement of Fethullah Gülen and the Common Good – A Perspective from the UK
The Hizmet (service, in Turkish) movement associated with the Turkish teacher Fethullah Gülen [b. 1941] is part of…
Globalized Islam and the Muslims in the West
We are living in a globalized world. Different communities live side by side more than any other time…
Editorial: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Many past civilizations believed – and in fact many still believe – that a solar eclipse was an…
African-Americans, Turkey, And Hizmet
The story of African Americans and their encounter with Islam in the twentieth century is a fascinating American…
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:…
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…