Firmly rooted in Islam, Fethullah Gulen's teachings are an antidote to terrorism and extremism

Imam Muhammad Nisar ul Haq did his PHD in Islamic Theology and world Religions from International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan. He has been a Faculty member in Islamic Theology and world Religions in the same University for about ten years.

For the last 20 years worked in USA as Imam, Teacher, Public speaker and an interfaith activist. Currently he is the Imam at Anniston Islamic Center and on the Board of Iqra Math & Science Academy, the first full time Boarding Islamic School in the State of Alabama.

He is also on the advisory Board of Interfaith Ministry of Calhoun County and contributes regularly in Anniston Star, the daily newspaper of Anniston Alabama.

Fethullah Gülen, Hizmet and State

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European Human Rights Treaty Faces Legal And Political Tests

Calls for reform, landmark court rulings, and rising political pressure put the European Convention on Human Rights at a crossroads across the continent. Key Points The European human rights landscape is facing a period of exceptional turbulence, with recent decisions and debates placing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its overseeing court at […]

ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal, clearing path for retrials in Gülen-linked cases

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Monday rejected an appeal by the Turkish government to refer to the Grand Chamber its ruling that allows the retrial of 239 people convicted on terrorism charges for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing Turkish media. Turkey’s appeal challenged the ECtHR’s […]

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Fethullah Gülen’s Vision and the Purpose of Hizmet

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After Reunion: A Quiet Transformation Within the Hizmet Movement

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Erdogan’s Failed Crusade: The World Rejects His War on Hizmet

Indigenous African knowledge has it that when you tell a lie, it normally does not take long to dawn. As a warning against cheating, my mother, who died thirty-one years ago this year (1994), used to admonish us: “You do it in my absence, and what happens next is I see it all.” In the […]

Fethullah Gulen – man of education, peace and dialogue – passes away

“With sorrowful hearts and humble acceptance of Allah’s will, we share the news of the departure of Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi from this temporal world.” Chestnut Retreat Center where Mr. Gulen resided since 1999 announced.

Fethullah Gülen’s Condolence Message for South African Human Rights Defender Archbishop Desmond Tutu

I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has been an advocate for human rights and equality throughout his life in his native South Africa and around the world.
– Fethullah Gulen

Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice

The Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), a U.S.-based non-profit representing regional Hizmet organizations, together with many other Hizmet-affiliated nonprofits around the world, published a landmark document that helps define and guide the civil society movement’s activities for years to come.

Ankara systematically tortures supporters of Gülen movement, Kurds, Turkey Tribunal rapporteurs say

The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, started proceedings in Geneva on Monday where rapporteurs pointed to the use of systematic torture by the government against alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement and Kurds.

Source: https://hizmetnews.com

Firmly rooted in Islam, Fethullah Gulen’s teachings are an antidote to terrorism and extremism

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