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Gulen
Gulen or Gülen may refer to: People * Fethullah Gülen (1941—2024), Turkish preacher, author, and Islamic opinion leader * Levent Gülen (born 1994), Turkish-Swiss footballer * Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach Places * Gulen (municipality), municipality in Vestland county, Norway * Gulen Church, a church in Gulen municipality in Vestland county, Norway * Gulen (fjord), a fjord in Bremanger municipality in Vestland county, Norway Other uses * Gülen movement The Gülen movement () or Hizmet movement () is an Islamist fraternal movement. It is a sub-sect of Sunni Islam based on a Nursian theological perspective as reflected in Fethullah Gülen's religious teachings. It is referred to by its membe ..., an Islamic movement founded and led by Fethullah Gülen See also * Gullen (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethullah Gülen
Muhammed Fethullah Gülen (27 April 1941 – 20 October 2024) was a Turkish Ulama, Muslim scholar, preacher, and leader of the Gülen movement who as of 2016 had millions of followers. Gülen was an influential Neo-Ottomanism, neo-Ottomanist, Anatolian Panethnicity, panethnicist, Islamic poet, writer, social critic, and activist–dissident developing a Said Nursî, Nursian theological perspective that embraces democratic modernity. Gülen was a local state imam from 1959 to 1981Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh, ''The Gülen Movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam'', p 26. and he was a citizen of Turkey until his denaturalization by the Turkish government in 2017. Over the years, Gülen became a Centrism, centrist political figure in Turkey prior to his being there as a fugitive. From 21 March 1999 until his death on 20 October 2024, Gülen lived in self-exile in the United States near Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. Gülen's body was buried in a plot of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |