"Thursday, May 07, 2009
Fethullah Gülen: the Turkish Khomeini?
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Building his empire in Philadelphia. Is he planning to return to establish Sharia rule in Ankara? 'Fethullah Gülen: the neo-Ottoman dream of Turkish Islam,' by Geries Othman for AsiaNews, May 6 (thanks to Alexandre): Ankara (AsiaNews) – Atatürk’s secularism and the social order guaranteed by the military appear to be teetering in Turkey today. This is due to the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan, backed by a moderate Islamist party, but especially to the fact that despite the secular constitution, religion appears to be taking root in society. This trend in turn is supported by one of the best known and more controversial figures in today’s Turkey, Fethullah Gülen, who is seen a the most important modern Muslim theologian and political scientist today."
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