Ori Z. Soltes talks in this video about Fethullah Gülen from sufi perspective. Ori Z. Soltes is Goldman Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown Univeristy where he teaches theology, philosophy and art history at the department of theology and he is former Director and Curator of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where he curated over 80 exhibitions.
Soltes is author of a book about Gülen — “Embracing the World: Fethullah Gülen’s Thought and Its Relationship to Jalaluddin Rumi and Others.”
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