Gerald Grudzen: ISIS and Turkey’s crumbling democracy
By Gerald Grudzen, Special to the Mercury News The terrorist attacks Paris and now Brussels continue to undermine the life of pluralistic societies in Europe and encourage ever more repressive…
Join the “Love is A Verb” February Screenings
Story Love Is A Verb is an examination of a social movement of Sufi inspired Sunni Muslims that began in Turkey in the l960s and now reaches across the globe.…
Fethullah Gulen: “Muslims, we have to critically review our understanding of Islam” – Le Monde
Words fall short to truly express my deep sadness and revolt in the face of the carnage perpetrated by terrorist groups such as the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and…
Pacifica Institute Statement About the Recent USA Today Article
You may have read or learned of the disparaging and misleading USA Today headline, “Turkish Sect Funded Congress Travel,” and subsequent article referencing the “Gulen or Hizmet (service) movement” in…
Join Pacifica Panel:”Peacebuilding in Nigeria, Philippines, Cambodia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Contributions of the Hizmet Movement”
The Hizmet movement is a transnational, faith-inspired, civic society movement inspired by Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen. The movement functions around the globe with educational institutes, interfaith-intercultural dialogue centers, media institutions,…
Fethullah Gulen’s Article on The Wall Street Journal against Violent Extremism
Muslims Must Combat the Extremist Cancer As the group that calls itself Islamic State, known as ISIS, continues to produce carnage in the Middle East, Muslims must confront the totalitarian…
Thought & Practice Series: A Hizmet Approach to Rooting out Violent Extremism
The Centre for Hizmet Studies is delighted to launch its latest report titled ‘A Hizmet Approach to Rooting out Violent Extremism’ by Ozcan Keles and Ismail Mesut Sezgin. This is…
Thought & Practice Series: A Hizmet Approach to Rooting out Violent Extremism
The Centre for Hizmet Studies is delighted to launch its latest report titled ‘A Hizmet Approach to Rooting out Violent Extremism’ by Ozcan Keles and Ismail Mesut Sezgin. This is…