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By NikolaGruevski onDecember 03, 2018 inInterview

Helen R Ebaugh’s book on Fethullah Gulen Movement continues to draw attention around the globe. Qantara.de has translated a recent interview with Dr. Ebaugh from German. What is the story behind this book? How did you start to be interested in this movement? I teach the Sociology of World Religions…

An interview with Helen Rose Ebaugh

By NikolaGruevski onDecember 03, 2018 inInterview

What is the story behind this book ? How did you start to be interested in this movement? I teach the Sociology of World Religions at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, and after the events of 9/11 (bombing of the World Trade Center and Pentagon) and the negative stereotypes…

Fethullah Gulen

Tolerance, Dialogue and Peace

Fethullah Gulen was born in a small village near Turkey’s Erzurum province in 1941. Mr. Gulen’s father Ramiz Gulen was an imam in the region and his mother, Refia Gulen, was the primary caregiver of the family and a major influence on Mr. Gulen’s spiritual and religious upbringing. Mr. Gulen attended his formal primary education in his home village, and after the family moved to a nearby village, he began an informal religious education.

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