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This chapter examines the localization of the Gülen Movement in Western Europe and the USA. The Gülen Movement, a socioreligious movement that originated around Fethullah Gülen (*1938), a charismatic preacher and scholar of Islam from Turkey, has been globally adapting its principles and activities to different local conditions. The movement expanded into Germany and the Netherlands to organize among Turkish-origin labour migrants in the early 1980s. By the mid-1990s, it expanded its activities globally, including those in the USA. Based on the number of subscribers to Gülen-associated publications such as Zaman daily, the number of Gülen Movement participants and sympathizers in Western Europe can be estimated as 40,000 in Europe and 5,000 in the USA. The Gülen Movement focuses on education and interfaith dialogue activities, which are accommodating of any secular liberal democracy. However, how does the Gülen Movement respond to different contexts in Western Europe and the USA?
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Yükleyen, A., Tunagür, F. (2013). The Gülen Movement in Western Europe and the USA. In: Kortmann, M., Rosenow-Williams, K. (eds) Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137305589_13
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