| Written by Brian Knowlton Friday, 11 June 2010 |
SAYLORSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Here in northeastern Pennsylvania, where fertile farmlands yield suddenly to the hauntingly beautiful foothills of the Pocono Mountains, quietly resides one of the most influential men in Turkey.
And one of the most controversial.
Admirers describe Fethullah Gulen, 69, a soft-spoken Muslim preacher, author and teacher with a huge following, in reverential tones.
John L. Esposito, a Georgetown University professor who has studied Mr. Gulen, said that if he were to compare Mr. Gulen to another public figure it would be the Dalai Lama.
In the midst of one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history, organizations and individuals across the world are providing whatever assistance they can to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
John Tekman was born in Kayseri, Turkey. He moved to America when his father was commissioned to tile the National Mosque in Washington, D.C.
The University of Kentucky student organization, Interfaith Dialogue Organization (IDO), presented its fourth annual Dialogue Dinner recently at the University of Kentucky.
Crystal chandeliers provided the light for 85 people to come together over food and drink for one conversation of change.
The University of Maryland set the scene for a recent conference sponsored by the Rumi Forum. The focus of the evening was to highlight the 
Fethullah Gulen is regarded as the founder and inspirer of the global social movement known as the Hizmet (Service) Movement, more popularly known as the Gulen Movement.
