Table of Contents

Editor and contributor biographies Acknowledgments Fethullah Gülen, the movement and this book: an introductory overview Part I: Perspectives from Gülen on Muslim identity and community life 1. Dialogical and transformative resources: perspectives from Fethullah Gülen on religion and public life, Paul Weller 2. Modern ideals and Muslim identity: harmony or contradiction? A text linguistic analysis of the Gülen teaching and movement, Gürkan Celik and Yusuf Alan 3. Turkish Muslims and Islamic Turkey: perspectives for a new European Islamic identity? Shanthikumar Hettiarachchi Part II: Civility, co-existence and integration 4. Civility in Islamic activism: towards a better understanding of shared values for civil society development, Wanda Krause 5. European public sphere, Islam and Islamic authority: Tariq Ramadan and Fethullah Gülen, Erkan Toguslu 6. Integration of Muslims in Europe and the Gülen movement, Araks Pashayan Part III: European contexts 7. From 'new man' to 'world citizen': The replication of Gülen's renovation vision in the Dutch context, Tineke Peppinck 8. The emergence of a neo-communitarian discourse in the Turkish diaspora in Europe: the implantation strategies and competitivelLogics of the Gülen movement in France and in Germany, Emre Demir 9. The Gülen movement as an integration mechanism for Europe's Turkish and Muslim community: potentials and constraints, Fatih Tedik 10. An exploration of the strategic dimensions of dialogue in a Gülen movement organization in Northern Ireland, Jonathan Lacey Part IV: Challenging Terrorism 11. Robustness and civility: themes from Fethullah Gülen as resource and challenge for government, Muslims and civil society in the United Kingdom, Paul Weller 12. A Sunni Muslim scholar's humanitarian and religious rejection of violence against civilians, Y. Alp Aslandogan and Bekir Cinar 13. The work of Fethullah Gülen and the role of non-violence in a time of terror, Steve Wright 14. Combatting terrorism in Britain: choice for policy makers, Asaf Hussain and Ihsan Yilmaz Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet: towards an evaluation, Paul Weller and Ihsan Yilmaz Bibliography Index

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Assessment of the influence and impact of the Islamic scholar and activist Fethullah Gülen, and those who are inspired by him, on contemporary Islam.

About the Author

Paul Weller is Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at the University of Derby and Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK. Ihsan Yilmaz is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Reviews

‘As an NGO representative and political activist, I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Articles by eminent scholars who are well versed in the western traditions as well as eastern values, deal with many sensitive issues, such as: the identity of Muslims in the West, integration processes, education and faith and the challenges of terrorism, violence against civilians and the benefits of intercultural living. The message is clear: science and faith are not confrontational, a true inter-religious society is the need of the hour and Muslim communities are an integral part of the West.'
*Bashy Quraishy, Secretary General for EMISCO - European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion, Strasbourg and Chair of the Advisory Council of the European Network Against Racism, Brussels*

A welcome and timely publication...one text that I would recommend people to read cover to cover.
*The Muslim World Book Review*