Sunday, 18 April 2010 Dan Berrett
For more than a decade, one of the world's most influential and controversial Muslim leaders has been convalescing on 26 acres in the Pocono Mountains.In Ross Township — not far from the Blue Ridge flea market, a giant corn maze dubbed Mazezilla and a go-kart speedway — you will find a small metal sign bearing the name of the Golden Generation Worship and Retreat Center.
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol, an important figure in Turkey’s intellectual fabric, wrote on the Gulen Movement and the fear mongering that’s going on around it. Akyol emphasizes on the disinformation that plagued the Turkish society for so long and how the Gulen Movement’s acts should be read in today’s context.
Thursday, 15 April 2010 Amb. David Newton, Middle East Institute
Every great information or communication advance in history has been seen in its time as furthering education a benefit that has certainly proved to be correct. These advances, such as printing, the telegraph, the telephone, the radio, television, the computer, and the internet, however, were in large part also touted as promoting understanding and even peace. In some cases one could argue a benefit. A government could use the media to help defuse s crisis, as the Kennedy administration did during the Cuban missile crisis.
Friday, 09 April 2010 Veli Keskin
Some say they are the best schools around, and some say they can’t be that good without support from global powers. Some say they serve for global peace, and some other say: “Don’t be naive they must have a hidden agenda”. I will not get into questions like “water of the mill” as they have been addressed previously. The main question I am going after is, what are really Gulen Inspired Schools? What makes them standout? How can you distinguish a Gulen Inspired School from any other public or community school?
It is with great gratitude to the Rumi Forum that I put down some reflections on my wonderful trip to Turkey several weeks ago. I have been fortunate enough to have visited Istanbul several times in the past, but never in this fashion, and never with the added pleasure of side trips through the beautiful Turkish countryside. The group itself was a delight – the structure of the events helped us to coalesce quickly so that simply being together was in itself a special treat. While I have been acquainted with the Gulen community in general through students at Hartford Seminary I have never before had the opportunity to learn about their goals, projects and philanthropy.
From the moment Lubna and I stepped into our taxi on arrival in Istanbul, we knew that our trip would be the beginning of a memorable adventure. A couple of minutes into our drive to the hotel, Lubna whispered to me that I should ask the driver politely to change the radio station to Turkish music – something all three of us could appreciate. The driver seemed genuinely pleased to oblige and we rocked gently all the way to The Holiday Inn, Istanbul City, while taking in the sights along the way, including the Great Wall, families relaxing by the quay, in parks and community cats and dogs strolling among them. In a blink of any eye we had been transported from Fairfax County, Virginia to another world.
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