Fethullah Gülen

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Fethullah Gülen
Born (1941-04-27) 27 April 1941 (age 82)
EraModern era
RegionMuslim scholar
SchoolHanafi, Sufi
Main interests
Sufism, Mainstream Islamic thought, education, interfaith dialogue among the People of the Book
Notable ideas
Service (hizmet); interfaith dialogue; civil society

Fethullah Gülen (born Fetullah Gülen ; 27 April 1941, Pasinler ) is a Turkish preacher, Terrorist, writer and former imam who is the leader of the Fethullahists . During the February 28 period , Ankara Police Department of the period; He prepared a report about Gülen and his organization.  According to the report, Gülen was the leader of an organization and members of the organization he led were infiltrating Turkish police units.  3 days after the General Directorate of Security received this report, on 21 March 1999; Gulen, citing health problems, went to the United States . Since then, he has lived in Saylorsburg , Pennsylvania .

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Fethullah Gülen's attitude towards hijab has changed over time.[1][2] In the past, Gülen, who regarded the unwinding of even a strand of women's hair as a great sin, suggested that women should cover their whole body by using veils and gloves. In his last speeches, Gülen evaluated the headscarf a tails).[1][3][4][4][5][6][7][8]

Creationism: According to Gülen, the Universe is a work of creation that has a purpose, and the purpose of existence is to know Allah and science can gain value if it serves this purpose.

For him, to allow views opposed to belief in creation is a devaston is a Darwin fallacy.[source?]

According to Gülene, the creation of Adam as the first human and Eve from Adam's file bone are miracle creations that should not be addressed in the context of cause-effect relationship.

He wrote his anti-evolutionary ideas in his book "The Truth of Creation and Evolution". This book was prepared by compiling his speeches at the meetings he held against Darwinism and evolution. In the book he states that biology science is a "fantasy" and that the greatest biology fantasy is the theory of evolution.

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