What is Fethullah Gülen?
{{Infobox philosopher <!-- Philosopher Category --> | region = Muslim scholar | era = Modern era | color = #B0C4DE | image_size = 200px | image = Fetullahgulen.png <!-- Information --> | name = Fethullah Gülen | birth_name = Muhammed Fethullah Gülen | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|04|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Erzurum]], [[Turkey]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|10|20|1941|4|27}} | death_place = [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_cause = | religion = [[Islam]] | citizenship = [[Turkey]] | nationality = | ethnicity = | school_tradition = [[Hanafi]], [[Sufi]] | alma_mater = | main_interests = [[Sufism]], Mainstream Islamic thought, education, interfaith dialogue among the [[People of the Book]] | influences = [[Rumi]], [[Yunus Emre]], [[Ibn Arabi]], [[Al-Ghazali]], [[Said Nursi]] | influenced = | notable_ideas = Service (hizmet); interfaith dialogue; civil society | signature = Fethullah Gulen signature.svg }} '''Muhammed Fethullah Gülen''' (27 April 1941 &ndash; 20 October 2024), better known as '''Fethullah Gülen''', was a [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[preacher]], [[author]], [[Teacher|educator]] and [[Muslim scholar]]. He lived in self-imposed [[exile]] in [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. Gülen taught a moderate version of [[Sunni]] / [[Hanafi]] [[Islam]], derived from [[Said Nursi]]'s teachings and modernizing them. Gülen condemns [[terrorism]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.fgulen.com/content/view/1052/14/ |title=Fethullah Gülen: A life dedicated to peace and humanity - True Muslims Cannot Be Terrorists<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-05-28 |archive-date=2014-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917203545/http://en.fgulen.com/content/view/1052/14/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> supports communication between people of different religions, and has initiated dialogue with the