Since the Arab Spring dawned,Turkey’s potential value as an inspiration for and facilitator of reform in the Middle East and North Africa has been a heated topic of discussion. Critics have been concerned that this debate would both work against Turkey’s EU integration by distracting intellectual and political attention and complicate domestic political dynamics through …
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Dec
21
Indonesian Islam: What went Right?
By Adri Wanto December 20 2010 INDONESIAN MUSLIMS live in the largest Muslim country in the world and are well-known for their moderation. They embody the key ideas of democracy, tolerance, freedom, respect for human rights and equality. Instead of establishing an Islamic state, a majority of Muslims are actively involved in promoting democratic institutions. …
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Aug
16
Western civilization, Christianity, and Islam
by Meryem Weld The composition and history of Western civili zation is exceedingly complex and it is not an easy task to outline the importance of Christianity within it without over-simplifying and obscuring the question altogether. Christianity is itself a complex and multiform phenomenon that has undergone many transformations and divisions through the ages and …
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Aug
16
Peaceful Muslim–Non-Muslim Co-existence in a Secular Context
Peaceful Muslim–Non-Muslim Co-existence in a Secular Context by Farhod Alimuhamedov 23 November 2007 Abstract This paper is about the conditions of inter-ethnic, inter-religious and inter-class relations in Gülen schools and looks into their operation in non-Turkish and non-Muslim settings. It aims to examine the relations among young people coming from different groups. The initial and …
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Aug
02
Muslim identities and Europe
by Ibrahim Kalin About a year after the Sept. 11 attacks in the US, the British Home Office published a study on the “fundamental tenets of British citizenship.” The report defined them as “[to] respect human rights and freedoms, uphold democratic values, observe laws faithfully and fulfill our duties and obligations.” Another report, this time …
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Jun
25
US exploring diversity of Islam by reaching out to youth
Underlining the Obama administration’s respect for Islam’s diversity, Farah Pandith, the US State Department’s special representative to Muslim communities, refuses to use the expression “Muslim world,” stating that the United States is not endorsing a particular type of Islam in its efforts in building long-term dialogue and partnership with Muslim communities around the world. The …
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Jan
28
“Racial Justice and Our Collective Responsibility“
by Fadel Abdallah Introduction Racial justice presupposes the existence of racial injustices, and that’s why in the original longer version of this presentation I began with few examples by way of documenting the existence of bigotry and racial injustices in the land where I come from and where I’ve been living for the last 28 …
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Jan
28
“Lybia’s Talk”
by Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi When Professor Mahmoud Ayoub asked me to talk about Muslim identity, I said to myself, this would be an easy topic. However, the more I pondered this, the more I came to realize that discussing identity in Islamic theology and history is not an easy matter. I would like to discuss …
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Dec
18
Madina Charter, Pact
Full Text of the Madina Charter 1. This is a document from Muhammad the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), governing relations between the Believers i.e. Muslims of Quraysh and Yathrib and those who followed them and worked hard with them. They form one nation — Ummah. 2. The Quraysh Mohajireen will …
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Dec
11
Real Humanity
by Fethullah Gulen Since “real” life is only possible through knowledge, those who have neglected learning and teaching are considered to be “dead,” even when they are biologically alive. We were created to learn and to communicate what we have learned to others. Real life is lived at the spiritual level. Those whose hearts are …
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Dec
11
A Comparative Approach to Islam and Democracy
by Fethullah Gulen Religion, particularly Islam, has become one of the most difficult subject areas to tackle in recent years. Contemporary culture, whether approached from the perspective of anthropology or theology, psychology or psychoanalysis, evaluates religion with empirical methods. On the one hand, religion is an inwardly experienced and felt phenomenon, one that, for the …
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Dec
10
West must understand that Islamophobia is as dangerous as anti-Semitism
West must understand that Islamophobia is as dangerous as anti-Semitism by JOHN L. ESPOSITO Enlightened Switzerland has now become part of an “enlightened liberal Europe” that is increasingly not all that liberal. Some months ago, at a European meeting of intelligence officials from the US and Europe, a Swiss participant commented on this referendum on …
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Dec
10
Women and Their Status In Islam
History is silent as to whether there was any distinction in status between the male and the female sexes during the beginnings of human civilization. In later days no doubt the female sex was regarded as inferior to the male and the idea of inferiority developed to such an extent that the male sex not …
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Dec
10
Regarding the Information Age and the Clash of Civilizations
As in the past, there are some conjectures being made about the future today as well. One of these is the claim regarding the future as an age of information. Those people who are discussing the future in this way are basically futurists. There are many who see the people who are making these kinds …
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Dec
10
A Comparative Approach to Islam and Democracy
A Comparative Approach to Islam and Democracy Fethullah Gülen Religion, particularly Islam, has become one of the most difficult subject areas to tackle in recent years. Contemporary culture, whether approached from the perspective of anthropology or theology, psychology or psychoanalysis, evaluates religion with empirical methods. On the one hand, religion is an inwardly experienced and …
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