FOREIGN POLICY: Honorary President Fethullah Gulen on TOP500 list

Fethullah Gulen, Rumi Forum's Honorary President appeared on Foreign Policy's Global TOP500 list.



See also in FP: FOREIGN POLICY - Meet Fethullah Gülen, the World's Top Public Intellectual

The FP Power Map

The 500 most powerful people on the planet.

MAY/JUNE 2013

Is it possible to identify the 500 most powerful individuals on the planet -- one in 14 million? That's what we tried to do with the inaugural FP Power Map, our inventory of the people who control the commanding heights of the industries that run the world, from politics to high finance, media to energy, warfare to religion. Think of it as a list of all the most important other lists....

SOURCE:  http://bit.ly/RF-TOP500

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement, by Dr. Douglas M. Johnston

WHITE HOUSE Celebrating Interfaith Collaboration with the Rumi Forum

The Rumi Forum was mentioned on the White House blog today. A graphic of the White House web page is below with the full text thereafter and the source link

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND: The Gülen Movement: pioneers of interfaith dialogue

The most populous Muslim presence in the UK has its roots in the Indian subcontinent, and the nature of Islam in Pakistan, especially, has coloured British understanding of and approaches to Islam. This is to ignore the diversity of Islam, not only theological, but also cultural and geographical.

US-Turkey: Model-Partnership for the 21st Century? with Joshua W. Walker

The Rumi Forum hosted Joshua Walker on the very current and important topic of US-Turkey: Model-Partnership for the 21st Century? with Joshua W. Walker
For those interested in Transatlantic relations, this is a must watch. Enjoy

US concerns about Turkey’s policies wrong, says Fuller - RUMI FORUM LUNCHEON

Rumi Forum recently hosted Graham Fuller, author of “A World Without Islam,” . His views were reported in Today's Zaman (see below). The youtube video is also below - very worthwhile viewing...
 
US concerns about Turkey’s policies wrong, says Fuller

Islam is not the guiding force behind Turkey’s foreign policy decisions, and concerns in Washington about its NATO ally’s direction are wrong, an expert on Islam has said.

Graham Fuller, a former CIA operative and author of the book “A World Without Islam,” said one does not have to be religious “to fully agree with this 360 degree view of where Turkey’s foreign policy goes.” Fuller, speaking at Washington-based Turkish interfaith dialogue organization the Rumi Forum for a book-signing event on Thursday, said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was religious but that there were “very good secular and geopolitical explanations” one can give for his proactive policies....  

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US concerns about Turkey’s policies wrong, says Fuller