European Muslims, Civility and Public Life: Perspectives On and From the Gülen Movement
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This collection deals with challenges and opportunities faced by Muslims and the wider society in Europe following the Madrid train bombings of 2004 and the London Transport attacks of 2005. The contributors explore the challenges to the concept and practice of civility in public life within a European context, and demonstrate the contributions that can be made in this regard from the thought and practice of the global movement inspired by the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen. The importance and distinctiveness of the teaching of Fethullah Gülen and the practice of the movement is that it is rooted in a confident Turkish Islamic heritage while being fully engaged with modernity. It offers the possibility of a contextualised renewal of Islam for Muslims in Europe while being fully rooted in the teachings of the Qu'ran and the Sunnah of the Prophet. This volume is an important contribution to the study of the movement, which advocates the freedom of religion while making an Islamic contribution to the wider society based on a commitment to service of others.
The movement and initiatives inspired by the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen began in Turkey, but can now be found throughout the world, including in both Europe and in the 'Muslim world'. Bloomsbury have a companion volume on The Muslim World and Politics in Transition: Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement, edited by Greg Barton, Paul Weller and Ihsan Yilmaz.
Assessment of the influence and impact of the Islamic scholar and activist Fethullah Gülen, and those who are inspired by him, on contemporary Islam.
Discusses the influence of one of the greatest Islamic scholars of this century.
Analyzes the Gulen movement in terms of its agency and contribution to European society.
Addresses the topical challenge of violence in the name of religion.
Contributions are from a range of leading international scholars on this growing area of interest.
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
'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.'
A welcome and timely publication...one text that I would recommend people to read cover to cover.
- Title: European Muslims, Civility and Public Life: Perspectives On and From the Gülen Movement
- Authors: Paul Weller, Ihsan Yilmaz
- Publisher: Continuum
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781441144478, 9781441102072, 1441102078, 1441144471
- Resource ID: LLS:9781441144478
- Resource Type: Monograph
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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.