The" Hizmet"(" Service") Movement of Fethullah Gülen is Turkey's most influential Islamic
identity community. Widely praised throughout the early 2000s as a mild and moderate …

Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia to its
dissolution after the Great War in Europe, this textbook takes a holistic approach …

The sway of Islam in political life is an unavoidable topic of debate in Turkey today.
Secularists, Islamists, and liberals alike understand the Turkish state to be the primary …

What is the Gulen Movement and why is Turkey's President Erdogan so convinced that the
organisation and its charismatic leader were behind the failed military coup of 15th July …

A moral/religious subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder has been termed as
scrupulosity by mental health professionals. Since ultimate feared consequence in …

Contemporary Islamic thinkers are often studied sociologically rather than as theologians.
There are many accessible introductions to Christian theologians, but very few such studies …

This innovative book analyses the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle
East through a comparative study of five countries: Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi …

As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site of
contestation and cooperation between the traditional forces of religion and the emergent …

This chapter deals with the democratic involvement of the Fethullah Gulen movement in
recent democratization in Turkey. It describes the Gulen movement and its relationship to …

This book analyzes the distinguished modern Muslim scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and
the methodology of Qur'anic exegesis in his Risale-i Nur Collection, with special reference to …