Fethullah Gulen

My core belief is to seek peace in the world, helping people eliminate certain malevolent attitudes through education as much as possible.

I have always believed in seeking happiness in the happiness of others and the virtue of seeking God's pleasure in helping His people.

The lesser jihad is our active fulfillment of Islam's commands and duties.

I consider myself an ordinary Muslim who is constantly working to put himself in the framework established by the Koran and the tradition of the Prophet Mohammed. I study the works of experts of jurisprudence, Koranic commentary, hadith commentary, and Sufism.

I feel the pain of people who suffer in my own neurons and sometimes cannot even watch TV. It is impossible not to be worried. But I trust that however cruel treatment they receive, Hizmet sympathizers will continue to respect to the law and will remain peaceful.

No citizen or social group can be completely isolated from politics, because policy decisions and actions affect their lives.

Turkey initiated true multiparty elections in 1950 to join NATO. As a requirement of its membership, NATO can and should demand that Turkey honor its commitment to the alliance's democratic norms.

I grew up in a humble family with a shy personality.

Islam's basic principles of belief, worship, morality, and behavior are not affected by changing times. Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable form of government or attempt to shape it. Islam has never offered nor established a theocracy in its name.

I have spent over 50 years preaching and teaching the values of peace, mutual respect and altruism.

I have said time and again that the republican order, and secularism, when executed perfectly, are blessings from God.

We invite our friends who hold high positions in the legislative branch of government and state institutions to master the skills of administration, so they could, when the time comes, reform the Turkish state and make it more fruitful at all its levels in the name of Islam.