Posted on 04/07/2010 2:50:20 PM PDT by Candor7
Yes and we wonder what’s wrong with the feds?Bad news happening in America,
Fethullah Gulens discourse cherishes and his life exemplifies values like empathic acceptance, altruistic service of ones community and humanity in general, complementary roles of the intellect and the heart, sincerity, holistic view of the human, deepening faith and love of the creation.
He is noted for his pro-democracy, pro-science, pro-dialogue and non-violence stances in critical junctures of the history of his society. In July 2008, Fethullah Gulen was listed among the top hundred public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy magazine .
Qualifications
Extensive knowledge and teaching experience in Islamic scholarship. Proficient author with more than sixty books translated into many world languages. Recognized as the world's top public intellectual in Foreign Policy / Prospect poll in 2008. Years of service as an imam, preacher, and civil society activist with acclaimed competence as a speaker on Islam, education, and dialogue in Turkey.
Education
Classical education in Islamic scholarship at various divinity schools (Kurşunlu, Kemhan, Taşmescid) under a number of Turkey's renowned Sufi scholars and masters, such as Ramiz Gülen, Muhammed Lütfi, Haci Sıtkı, Sadi Efendi, and Osman Bektaş (19511956)
Compulsory elementary education (19461949)
Home schooling along with memorization of the whole Qur'an and mastering recitation skills (before 1946)
Employment
Imam / Preacher
* Voluntary Imam / Preacher, Erzurum, Amasya, Tokat, Sivas (19551958)
* Deputy Imam, Üçşerefeli Mosque, Edirne (19591961)
* Imam / Lecturer, Iskenderun, while serving compulsory military service (19611963)
* Member of the Public Hall, Erzurum (1963). Convened conferences and lectured on Rumi
* Qur'an Teacher / Imam, Dar'ul Hadis Mosque, Edirne (1964)
* Senior Preacher (Merkez Vaizi), Kırklareli (1965)
* Senior Preacher, Izmir (19661971)
* Director / Teacher, Kestanepazarı Boarding Qur'anic School (19661971)
* Senior Preacher, Edremit (19721974)
* Senior Preacher, Manisa (19741976)
* Senior Preacher, Izmir, Bornova (19761980)
* Voluntary Preacher, Istanbul, Izmir, and throughout Turkey (post-retirement service) (19861989)
Speaker
* Delivered a series of talks in Turkey and Europe (19751977)
* Talks on social, cultural, and religious matters recorded and broadcast every week on www.herkul.org (2003 present)
Honorary President / Civil Society Leader
* Founder member of the Journalists and Writers Foundation (1994)
* Participated in interfaith gatherings and promoted dialogue through a number of events organized by this foundation. (19941998)
* Honorary president of Rumi Forum, Washington D.C. (1999present)
The Gülen Institute was established in October 2007 as a non-profit organization and a joint initiative of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and the Institute of Interfaith Dialog.
The perspectives of the institute are inspired by the life and works of the distinguished contemporary scholar and civic leader Fethullah Gülen. Visit Fethullah Gulen Forum for updates on Mr. Gulen and Gulen Movement.
Dialog of Civilizations Platform on January 23, 2010
Luncheon Forum: Dr. Robert Pape
"Occupation, violence and religion: A look at dynamics of conflicts in the light of Afghanistan troop surge"
Gulen Institute welcomes Dr. Robert A. Pape, a distinguished political science professor, from the University of Chicago at a luncheon forum.
This luncheon will take place during the Dialog of Civilizations Platform on January 23, 2010. After Dr. Pape's speech, there will be a session where high school students participate as panelists. Their topic is 'Improving Family Relations".
OPENING REMARKS: Harris County Judge Ed Emmett
SESSION: Social Conflicts and Peaceful Coexistence
SESSION: Substance Abuse and Youth
HIGH SCHOOLS SESSION: Improving Family Relations
SESSION: Public Role of Women around the World
SESSION: Poverty and Social Justice
Hon. Kofi Annan at the Gülen Institute
April 12, 2010
Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1997-2006
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Speech Topic: The Global Compact: Challenging Business to Become Leading Actors in Sustainable Development
Gülen Institute's Youtube Channel
Fethullah Gulen Conference.org
International Conferences on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish Muslim scholar, thinker, author, poet, opinion leader, educational activist, and preacher emeritus. He is regarded as the initiator and inspirer of the worldwide social movement of human values known as the Hizmet (Service) Movement or the Gülen Movement.>
2005 Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
November 12-13, 2005, Rice University, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
2006 The Second International Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
March 4-5, 2006, Southern Methodist University, Dallas,
2006 The Second Annual Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
November 4-5, 2006, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
2007 The Third Annual Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
November 3, 2007, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,
2009 The Fifth International Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
March 6-7, 2009, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
NOTE: There is no information on the Fourth International Conference on the website
Fethullah Gulen Forum is an online discussion board of issues related to Fethullah Gülen. By creating active discussions, FG Forum aims to offer in depth analysis on Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement.
Recent Articles
* Defamation of Gulen as a Smoke Screen Abdullah Ademoglu. April 5, 2010
* Responses to Soner Cagaptay Fethullah Gulen Forum. March 13, 2010
* Fethullah Gülen: Spiritual Leader in a Global Islamic Context Salih Yucel, PhD- Journal of Religion and Society. February 4, 2010
* Fethullah Gülen and Al-Ghazzali on Tolerance J. B. Schlubach, Ph.D.. January 7, 2010
* Fethullah Gulen's Thoughts on State, Democracy, Politics, Terrorism and ... Zeki Saritoprak, PhD.
* Fethullah Gülen's Grand Ambition: A Biased, Selective, Misleading, Misrepresentative and Miscalculated Article Dogan Koc. January 29, 2010
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I think we’re getting a glimpse of how our Islamic puppet president is going to deal with the infidels...right here in
USA.....rock n’ roll time.....
thouworm, for years, I, and others have been screaming into the wind that these suckers are everywhere in this country you can imagine. It has only seemed to have been by stealth because our own government has covered it up in ways that make it almost impossible to make the general public understand the very real danger they are in.
People in our government who had no experience with islam were initially completely ignorant about the “religion” of islam. This started many years before 9/11. They accepted islam the same way they would accept any other religion. By the time the government was jolted to its senses, they had been infiltrated from top to bottom with adherants to the “religion” and they could never admit they had been so damned ignorant and stupid.
Add that to the fact that the worst offender is our biggest oil supplier, thanks to the envirowhacko left, and you have a paradox. Not to mention that the princes, sheiks, and imams have so many friends among the elite in this country, we have become sitting ducks.
Add to that that most of the illegal drug traffic is run by muslims and you have banks and financial systems that would implode without it.
These are the same people G-d said there would be war against until the end of time. They have always been this way since long before they decided to call themselves mohammedans. They have never changed throughout thousands of years. And they will never change, ever.
They were the Amalek spoken of in the Old Testament and they are still Amalek to this day.
Excellent research! Thanks for that.
Bring it.
BTTT and I really need to read this tomorrow.
Saylorsburg WAS on my list of places to look for a small farm in PA. It is now off.
This was the home of one family. The father tried to fight them when they came in the middle of the night. They shot him, but did not kill him. They went on to murder his entire family in front of his eyes.
There were two children in this bedroom. One was in bed, a little girl. The little boy was hiding under the bed. The mother was murdered first, hacked to death in front of her children.
AFTER they made sure the father had seen his family murdered, they hacked him to death as well. No one was left alive.
This image is mild.
The way they operate, the more brutality and the more blood, the more they love it. It is almost a sexual orgy. They revel in it. KNOW who these people are. Know that they will show you NO MERCY whatsoever.
Je suis pret.
Moi aussi...
Is this incident an op by Muslims, in the US? Or somewhere else?
Thank you.
Thanks, very interesting!
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That was indeed a muslim op. It was in Adora, Israel. What most people need to understand is this is NOT isolated to Israel, and has happened/is happening with greater and greater frequency elsewhere. I have far worse images of the kind of carnage they inflict, even upon other muslims who they perceive as not on the right side.
There has been one outstanding incident here where the husband and wife were hacked to death in their own garage and a warning was written on the walls in arabic in their own blood. It got little notice in the news.
In Darfur, where they capture Christians to sell them into slavery, they cut the achilles tendons of young men and women and children so they cannot run or try to escape. Burning Christians alive in churches, is SOP.
What I am trying to make clear is that these things have happened over and over in all parts of the world...except for here...for now.
It is happening as we speak in Mexico. It is happening in Central and South America. Australia. Bosnia. Kosovo. Serbia. Indonesia. Philippines. All over Africa. Western Europe. Russia. India. China. All over the Middle East and Near East. They are trying now to establish sharia in Norway. Belgium. Sweden. Netherlands. Switzerland. France. Britain. Canada.
The only reason it is not yet happening on that scale here is that they do not feel powerful enough yet. But this administration is allowing them to gain power exponentially.
It is not a matter of if, but when. They are colluding with the left because the left in this country is so blinded by their own hatred of this country they do not consider that they are first in line for extermination...and THAT is not an exaggeration either.
The black people they have recruited are ALSO expendable and will be slaughtered out of hand as they are considered unclean and unworthy, but they will use them to achieve their own ends first.
In some instances, they are colluding with nazi groups because they share a common hatred of Jews. They have permeated every facet of our government from top to bottom. This administration has given them unparalleled access to top secret and highly classified information.
I am saying they have an army. They are trained and well equipped. Be aware and be vigilant.
Thank you for the explanation, MestaMachine.
I agree with you although you have more specific knowledge than I do. History speaks for itself. Islam has been doing this since its inception.
It is a great evil and 0bama is aiding and abetting. Whether he is a believing muslim or just a fellow traveler assisant doesn’t matter.
More than 90 of these madrassahs have been established as charter schools throughout the United States. They are funded by American taxpayers.<<<
Your tax dollars at work.
Thanks for the ping.
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