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Monday, May 19, 2014

Erdogan and Gulen: Inevitable Clash? - Middle East - Politics - OnIslam.net

Erdogan and Gulen: Inevitable Clash?

By Noha Khaled
Sunday, 18 May 2014 00:00

Unlike classical Islamists, Gulen distanced himself from politics, and focused on grassroots social activism, most importantly education (Reuters)

It would not be an exaggeration if we stated that Turkey’s Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) reign in power is the most important political experiment in the post-Ottoman Muslim World. As well, the Turkish reformist “Hizmet” movement, with its successes and expansion locally and globally, can be said to be one of the most important civic movements in contemporary Muslim history.

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