By Helen Rose Ebaugh (auth.), Helen Rose Ebaugh (eds.)
This is among the first educational books approximately Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish student and preacher, and the civic stream he encouraged in Turkey and finally through the international. The circulation is rooted in average Islam and is dedicated to instructing formative years, fostering interfaith and intercultural conversation, aiding the needy in society and contributing to international peace. in accordance with interview information and visits to Gülen-inspired associations, the publication describes the circulate from a sociological standpoint, in particular during the lens of social stream conception. it's the first e-book, grounded in empirical method, to explain the circulation to a Western viewers. will probably be of targeted curiosity to social scientists drawn to non secular events, non secular students looking details on Islamic events and most of the people wanting to find a reasonable Islam that promotes humanitarian projects.
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These camps taught secular education courses in areas such as history and biology but also provided religious discussions on issues such as the role of Islam in public debates. Mr. Gülen often evoked the life of Muhammad and the classical period of the Ottoman empire as good examples of ways in which fidelity to the precepts of Islam promoted greatness. 14 Since state schools did not teach Islam, Mr. Gülen was afraid that the youth were not being taught the principles of Islam. The summer camps were one way to teach school-age children about their faith, along with secular subjects.
Interviewed by Latif Erdogan, Zaman. Ibid. 4 Although mosques and public prayer were allowed to continue in “secularist” Turkey, at this time all other forms of religious instruction and practice had been banned, including Qur’anic schools. 5 During the first half of his life, Nursi participated in political life in various forms. During the second half of his life, after 1920, which he calls “the new Said,” he retreated to a remote corner in the province of Van and dedicated himself to the writing of what would later become the “Treatise of Light,” a 6,000+ pages of thematic commentary on the Qur’an and the life of the Prophet.
Ozal, the constitution introduced social reforms that allowed for more social and religious organizing. These reforms opened doors for previously restricted religious expression and led to religious revival throughout the country. As a result, in the 1980s many of Mr. Gülen’s talks were recorded and distributed on videotape, thus spreading his service discourse to ever wider audiences throughout Turkey. 20 These sermons were also videotaped and disseminated widely throughout the country. , a publishing house.
