The Gülen Movement (3/3)

From Africa to Kazakhstan, a new Islamic network is attracting millions of followers - and millions of dollars. Inspired by a little-known Turkish Imam, the Gulen movement has more than a thousand schools in more than a hundred countries as well as thinktanks, newspapers, TV and radio stations, a university - and even a bank. The movement's critics claim it's determined to create a new Muslim empire. It's supporters say it's just the expression of a modern, business-friendly Islam committed to human rights and democracy. This documentary travels to Turkey to find out about the man who inspired what has become a global phenomenon - Fetullah Gulen. There they meets supporters and critics of the movement. They also talks to some of its most committed ambassadors - who are running its schools in Central Asia.




Turkey's Gulen movement, which promotes service to the common good, may have grown into the world's biggest Muslim network. Is it the modern face of Islam, or are there more sinister undercurrents?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13503361


Fethullah Gülen's Grand Ambition
http://www.meforum.org/2045/fethullah-gulens-grand-ambition

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Gulen Movement
• Fetullah Gulen
• Islamic Network
• Hizmet
• Islamism
• Islamic Schools
• Islamic Business
• Islam
• Turkey
• Turkism
• AKP
• Fatma Disli
• Serdarj Yesilyurt
• Ahmet Sik
• Nedim Sener
• Turkish Journalists
• Cemal Usak
• Press Freedom
• Jihad
• Eurabia
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• Hakan Yavuz