"The recent yellow journalism example of Der Spiegel stirred some controversy. As an expert on Gulen Movement, I humbly think that the Gulen (Hizmet) Movement is the victim of biased journalists. Mahmut Cebi has recently written a nice behind-the-scenes article on that bad journalism."
I once listened to Mehmet Firinci, a
student of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, recount the following story:
“Bediuzzaman was about 75 years old when a group came to visit him. They
were speaking of retaliating with violence against all the oppression
they were facing. Bediuzzaman was listening to them while he was sitting
on the ground. He became very outraged by what he heard, and all of a
sudden he jumped as high as one meter off the ground despite his old
age. He then stood up and pushed them away, saying “No to violence, no
to violence.” In a similar vein, Mr. Fethullah Gülen made his position
very clear against all kinds of violence and terror, be it from the
al-Qaeda or PKK. His famous motto “A Muslim cannot be a terrorist, a
terrorist cannot be a Muslim” has been ingrained firmly in the minds of
many.
