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Sunday: 60 Minutes Story on Turkish Gulen Charter Schools in US
Preview: The Gulen Movement
May 10, 2012 1:02 PM
A worldwide Islamic movement that has inspired scores of public charter
schools here in the U.S. is led by a Turkish cleric living in the Pocono
Mountains of Pennsylvania. Lesley Stahl reports on Fethullah Gulen and his
message of education on Sunday, May 13 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7408162n
Meet `the Most Dangerous Islamist on Planet Earth' He lives in
Pennsylvania
Newly released Wikileaks documents show increased concern among U.S.
officials of the Gulen Movement Meet `the Most Dangerous Islamist on Planet
Earth' He lives in Pennsylvania
By Dr. Paul L. Williams Monday, March 21, 2011
[image: image]The latest documents from Wikileaks shows growing concern
among U. S. officials over Fethullah Gulen's attempts to create a New
Islamic World and the `braining washing of students' that takes place at
his charter schools within the United States and throughout the Muslim
world.
The cable that speaks of the `brain-washing' was written in 2009 by James
Jeffrey, the U. S. Ambassador to Turkey.
In the cable, Mr. Jeffrey describes Gülen as a `political phenomena'
in
Turkey even when he resides `in exile' within a mountain fortress in
Pennsylvania. He says the Gülen movement has gained control of Turkey's
government and dictates Turkish policy which has become increasing
anti-Israeli and anti-American. It points out that the leaders of the
Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma or AKP) who now govern
Turkey, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President
Abdullah Gul, appear to serve as Gulen's puppets.
Other newly released cables state that Gulen's disciples now direct the
country's 200,000 strong police force - - a force that remains in conflict
with the military, which sees the group as an enemy.
In recent months, Turkish military leaders, and other critics of the AKP,
have been arrested in the dead of night and whisked off to detention cells.
According to NurettinVeren, who served as Fethullah Gulen's right-hand man
`There are imam security directors; imams wearing police uniforms. Many
police commissioners get their orders from imams.'
`It is not possible to confirm the Turkish police are under the control of
the Gülen community members, but we have not met anybody who denies it,'
one cable said.
The most dangerous Islamist on planet earth
Gulen has been labeled `the most dangerous Islamist on planet earth,'
although he has failed to attract the attention of U. S. counter-terrorism
experts and the national media.
Gülen is a student and follower of Sheikh Sa'id-i Kurdi (1878-1960), also
known as Sa'id-i Nursi, the founder of the Islamist Nur (light) movement.
After Turkey's war of independence, Kurdi demanded, in an address to the
new parliament, that the new republic be based on Islamic principles. Kurdi
turned against Atatürk and his reforms and against the new modern, secular,
Western republic and Gulen has followed his militant mentor's example.
Hailed as an outstanding educator by Graham Fuller and other CIA officials,
the reclusive Gulen is semi-literate and lacks a high school diploma.
In 1999, he was driven from his native Turkey because of his attempts to
overthrow the secular Turkish government.
Objectives of transforming Turkey into an Islam republic and of creating a
New Islamic World Order
In his sermons, Gulen has stated his objectives of transforming Turkey into
an Islam republic and of creating a New Islamic World Order. In one sermon,
he said:
`You must move in the arteries of the system without anyone noticing your
existence until you reach all the power centers - until the conditions are
ripe, they [the followers] must continue like this. If they do something
prematurely, the world will crush our heads, and Muslims will suffer
everywhere, like in the tragedies in Algeria, like in 1982 [in] Syria -
like in the yearly disasters and tragedies in Egypt. The time is not yet
right. You must wait for the time when you are complete and conditions are
ripe, until we can shoulder the entire world and carry it - You must wait
until such time as you have gotten all the state power, until you have
brought to your side all the power of the constitutional institutions in
Turkey - Until that time, any step taken would be too early - like breaking
an egg without waiting the full forty days for it to hatch. It would be
like killing the chick inside. The work to be done is [in] confronting the
world. Now, I have expressed my feelings and thoughts to you all - in
confidence - trusting your loyalty and secrecy. I know that when you leave
here - [just] as you discard your empty juice boxes, you must discard the
thoughts and the feelings that I expressed here.
He continued:
When everything was closed and all doors were locked, our houses of isik
[light] assumed a mission greater than that of older times. In the past,
some of the duties of these houses were carried out by madrasas [Islamic
schools], some by schools, some by tekkes [Islamist lodges] - These isik
homes had to be the schools, had to be madrasas, [had to be] tekkes all at
the same time. The permission did not come from the state, or the state's
laws, or the people who govern us. The permission was given by God - who
wanted His name learned and talked about, studied, and discussed in those
houses, as it used to be in the mosques.
In another sermon, Gülen proclaimed:
Now it is a painful spring that we live in. A nation is being born again. A
nation of millions [is] being born - one that will live for long centuries,
God willing - It is being born with its own culture, its own civilization.
If giving birth to one person is so painful, the birth of millions cannot
be pain-free. Naturally we will suffer pain. It won't be easy for a nation
that has accepted atheism, has accepted materialism, a nation accustomed to
running away from itself, to come back riding on its horse. It will not be
easy, but it is worth all our suffering and the sacrifices.
In 1998, Gulen fled to the U.S. with a small army of followers and
purchased a 45 acre parcel of land in the midst of Pennsylvania's Pocono
Mountains as a base for his international operations.
>From this base, Gulen, who has amassed over $25 billion in assets,
continues to direct the activities of the AKP and events throughout Central
Asia and much of the Muslim world.
Under his direction, Turkey has transformed from a secular state into an
Islamic country with 85,000 active mosques - - one for every 350- citizens
- - the highest number per capita in the world, 90,000 imams, more imams
than teachers and physicians - - and thousands of state-run Islamic schools.
Turkey, thanks to Gulen and his disciples, has transferred its alliance
from Europe and the United States to Russia and Iran
Despite the rhetoric of European Union accession, Turkey, thanks to Gulen
and his disciples, has transferred its alliance from Europe and the United
States to Russia and Iran. It has moved toward friendship with Hamas,
Hezbollah, and Syria and created a pervasive anti-Christian, anti-Jewish,
and anti-America animus throughout the populace.
Gulen has also established thousands of schools throughout central Asia and
Europe.
According to Bayram Balci, a Turkish scholar, the Gulen schools seek to
expand `the Islamization of Turkish nationality and the Turification
of
Islam' in order to bring about a universal caliphate ruled by Islamic law.
Because of their subversive nature of these institutions, these schools
have been outlawed in Russia and Uzbekistan.
Even the Netherlands, a nation that embraces pluralism and tolerance, has
opted to cut funding to the Gulen schools because of their imminent threat
to the social order.
But Gulen's 140-plus schools in the United States which advance the
establishment of a New Islamic World Order have received little national
attention.
These schools bear such innocuous names as the Magnolia School, the Beehive
Academy, the Sonoran Science Academy, the Lotus School for Excellence, and
the Pacific Technology School.
All of these schools are funded by U.S. taxpayers.
Want to know more about Gulen, his plans for your children, and the growing
threat?
Stay tuned to Canada Free Press.
© Canada Free Press
[image: Author]
Dr. Paul L. Williams
Bio
Dr. Paul L. Williams Most recent
columns
Paul L. Williams, Ph.D., is the author of such best-selling books as The
Day of Islam, The Al Qaeda Connection, Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11, The
Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades and The Vatican Exposed. An
award-winning journalist, he is a frequent guest on such national news
networks as ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR. Williams operates
from his blog thelastcrusade.org
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/34651
Gulen in MEMRI :
Fethullah Gulen is thought to be one of the richest Turks in the world. He
lives on a large estate in Pennsylvania, and it is from there that he runs
his million-member community. The prevailing perception in political
circles in Turkey is that Fethullah Gulen is the power behind many Islamist
politicians, especially in the AKP.
In 1999, footage was aired on Turkish television of sermons delivered by
Fethullah Gulen to a crowd of followers, in which he revealed his
aspirations for an Islamist Turkey ruled by shari'a as well as the
methods that should be used to attain that goal. In the sermons, he said:
"You must move in the arteries of the system, without anyone noticing your
existence, until you reach all the power centers- until the conditions are
ripe, they [the followers] must continue like this. If they do something
prematurely, the world will crush our heads, and Muslims will suffer
everywhere, like in the tragedies in Algeria, like in 1982 [in] Syria- like
in the yearly disasters and tragedies in Egypt. The time is not yet right.
You must wait for the time when you are complete, and conditions are ripe,
until we can shoulder the entire world and carry it- You must wait until
such time as you have gotten all the state power, until you have brought to
your side all the power of the constitutional institutions in Turkey- Until
that time, any step taken would be too early - like breaking an egg without
waiting the full 40 days for it to hatch. It would be like killing the
chick inside. The work to be done is [in] confronting the world. Now, I
have expressed my feelings and thoughts to you all - in confidence-
trusting your loyalty and sensitivity to secrecy. I know that when you
leave here - [just] as you discard your empty juice boxes, you must discard
the thoughts and feelings expressed here."
Preview: The Gulen Movement
May 10, 2012 1:02 PM
A worldwide Islamic movement that has inspired scores of public charter
schools here in the U.S. is led by a Turkish cleric living in the Pocono
Mountains of Pennsylvania. Lesley Stahl reports on Fethullah Gulen and his
message of education on Sunday, May 13 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7408162n
Meet `the Most Dangerous Islamist on Planet Earth' He lives in
Pennsylvania
Newly released Wikileaks documents show increased concern among U.S.
officials of the Gulen Movement Meet `the Most Dangerous Islamist on Planet
Earth' He lives in Pennsylvania
By Dr. Paul L. Williams Monday, March 21, 2011
[image: image]The latest documents from Wikileaks shows growing concern
among U. S. officials over Fethullah Gulen's attempts to create a New
Islamic World and the `braining washing of students' that takes place at
his charter schools within the United States and throughout the Muslim
world.
The cable that speaks of the `brain-washing' was written in 2009 by James
Jeffrey, the U. S. Ambassador to Turkey.
In the cable, Mr. Jeffrey describes Gülen as a `political phenomena'
in
Turkey even when he resides `in exile' within a mountain fortress in
Pennsylvania. He says the Gülen movement has gained control of Turkey's
government and dictates Turkish policy which has become increasing
anti-Israeli and anti-American. It points out that the leaders of the
Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma or AKP) who now govern
Turkey, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President
Abdullah Gul, appear to serve as Gulen's puppets.
Other newly released cables state that Gulen's disciples now direct the
country's 200,000 strong police force - - a force that remains in conflict
with the military, which sees the group as an enemy.
In recent months, Turkish military leaders, and other critics of the AKP,
have been arrested in the dead of night and whisked off to detention cells.
According to NurettinVeren, who served as Fethullah Gulen's right-hand man
`There are imam security directors; imams wearing police uniforms. Many
police commissioners get their orders from imams.'
`It is not possible to confirm the Turkish police are under the control of
the Gülen community members, but we have not met anybody who denies it,'
one cable said.
The most dangerous Islamist on planet earth
Gulen has been labeled `the most dangerous Islamist on planet earth,'
although he has failed to attract the attention of U. S. counter-terrorism
experts and the national media.
Gülen is a student and follower of Sheikh Sa'id-i Kurdi (1878-1960), also
known as Sa'id-i Nursi, the founder of the Islamist Nur (light) movement.
After Turkey's war of independence, Kurdi demanded, in an address to the
new parliament, that the new republic be based on Islamic principles. Kurdi
turned against Atatürk and his reforms and against the new modern, secular,
Western republic and Gulen has followed his militant mentor's example.
Hailed as an outstanding educator by Graham Fuller and other CIA officials,
the reclusive Gulen is semi-literate and lacks a high school diploma.
In 1999, he was driven from his native Turkey because of his attempts to
overthrow the secular Turkish government.
Objectives of transforming Turkey into an Islam republic and of creating a
New Islamic World Order
In his sermons, Gulen has stated his objectives of transforming Turkey into
an Islam republic and of creating a New Islamic World Order. In one sermon,
he said:
`You must move in the arteries of the system without anyone noticing your
existence until you reach all the power centers - until the conditions are
ripe, they [the followers] must continue like this. If they do something
prematurely, the world will crush our heads, and Muslims will suffer
everywhere, like in the tragedies in Algeria, like in 1982 [in] Syria -
like in the yearly disasters and tragedies in Egypt. The time is not yet
right. You must wait for the time when you are complete and conditions are
ripe, until we can shoulder the entire world and carry it - You must wait
until such time as you have gotten all the state power, until you have
brought to your side all the power of the constitutional institutions in
Turkey - Until that time, any step taken would be too early - like breaking
an egg without waiting the full forty days for it to hatch. It would be
like killing the chick inside. The work to be done is [in] confronting the
world. Now, I have expressed my feelings and thoughts to you all - in
confidence - trusting your loyalty and secrecy. I know that when you leave
here - [just] as you discard your empty juice boxes, you must discard the
thoughts and the feelings that I expressed here.
He continued:
When everything was closed and all doors were locked, our houses of isik
[light] assumed a mission greater than that of older times. In the past,
some of the duties of these houses were carried out by madrasas [Islamic
schools], some by schools, some by tekkes [Islamist lodges] - These isik
homes had to be the schools, had to be madrasas, [had to be] tekkes all at
the same time. The permission did not come from the state, or the state's
laws, or the people who govern us. The permission was given by God - who
wanted His name learned and talked about, studied, and discussed in those
houses, as it used to be in the mosques.
In another sermon, Gülen proclaimed:
Now it is a painful spring that we live in. A nation is being born again. A
nation of millions [is] being born - one that will live for long centuries,
God willing - It is being born with its own culture, its own civilization.
If giving birth to one person is so painful, the birth of millions cannot
be pain-free. Naturally we will suffer pain. It won't be easy for a nation
that has accepted atheism, has accepted materialism, a nation accustomed to
running away from itself, to come back riding on its horse. It will not be
easy, but it is worth all our suffering and the sacrifices.
In 1998, Gulen fled to the U.S. with a small army of followers and
purchased a 45 acre parcel of land in the midst of Pennsylvania's Pocono
Mountains as a base for his international operations.
>From this base, Gulen, who has amassed over $25 billion in assets,
continues to direct the activities of the AKP and events throughout Central
Asia and much of the Muslim world.
Under his direction, Turkey has transformed from a secular state into an
Islamic country with 85,000 active mosques - - one for every 350- citizens
- - the highest number per capita in the world, 90,000 imams, more imams
than teachers and physicians - - and thousands of state-run Islamic schools.
Turkey, thanks to Gulen and his disciples, has transferred its alliance
from Europe and the United States to Russia and Iran
Despite the rhetoric of European Union accession, Turkey, thanks to Gulen
and his disciples, has transferred its alliance from Europe and the United
States to Russia and Iran. It has moved toward friendship with Hamas,
Hezbollah, and Syria and created a pervasive anti-Christian, anti-Jewish,
and anti-America animus throughout the populace.
Gulen has also established thousands of schools throughout central Asia and
Europe.
According to Bayram Balci, a Turkish scholar, the Gulen schools seek to
expand `the Islamization of Turkish nationality and the Turification
of
Islam' in order to bring about a universal caliphate ruled by Islamic law.
Because of their subversive nature of these institutions, these schools
have been outlawed in Russia and Uzbekistan.
Even the Netherlands, a nation that embraces pluralism and tolerance, has
opted to cut funding to the Gulen schools because of their imminent threat
to the social order.
But Gulen's 140-plus schools in the United States which advance the
establishment of a New Islamic World Order have received little national
attention.
These schools bear such innocuous names as the Magnolia School, the Beehive
Academy, the Sonoran Science Academy, the Lotus School for Excellence, and
the Pacific Technology School.
All of these schools are funded by U.S. taxpayers.
Want to know more about Gulen, his plans for your children, and the growing
threat?
Stay tuned to Canada Free Press.
© Canada Free Press
[image: Author]
Dr. Paul L. Williams
Bio
Dr. Paul L. Williams Most recent
columns
Paul L. Williams, Ph.D., is the author of such best-selling books as The
Day of Islam, The Al Qaeda Connection, Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11, The
Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades and The Vatican Exposed. An
award-winning journalist, he is a frequent guest on such national news
networks as ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR. Williams operates
from his blog thelastcrusade.org
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/34651
Gulen in MEMRI :
Fethullah Gulen is thought to be one of the richest Turks in the world. He
lives on a large estate in Pennsylvania, and it is from there that he runs
his million-member community. The prevailing perception in political
circles in Turkey is that Fethullah Gulen is the power behind many Islamist
politicians, especially in the AKP.
In 1999, footage was aired on Turkish television of sermons delivered by
Fethullah Gulen to a crowd of followers, in which he revealed his
aspirations for an Islamist Turkey ruled by shari'a as well as the
methods that should be used to attain that goal. In the sermons, he said:
"You must move in the arteries of the system, without anyone noticing your
existence, until you reach all the power centers- until the conditions are
ripe, they [the followers] must continue like this. If they do something
prematurely, the world will crush our heads, and Muslims will suffer
everywhere, like in the tragedies in Algeria, like in 1982 [in] Syria- like
in the yearly disasters and tragedies in Egypt. The time is not yet right.
You must wait for the time when you are complete, and conditions are ripe,
until we can shoulder the entire world and carry it- You must wait until
such time as you have gotten all the state power, until you have brought to
your side all the power of the constitutional institutions in Turkey- Until
that time, any step taken would be too early - like breaking an egg without
waiting the full 40 days for it to hatch. It would be like killing the
chick inside. The work to be done is [in] confronting the world. Now, I
have expressed my feelings and thoughts to you all - in confidence-
trusting your loyalty and sensitivity to secrecy. I know that when you
leave here - [just] as you discard your empty juice boxes, you must discard
the thoughts and feelings expressed here."