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May 5, 2008, 1:13am
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Re: Turkish Religious Schools in Pakistan
Absolutely.
I definitely have additional information on PakTurk.
The Foundation: http://www.pakturk.org/
The Visionary: http://www.fethullahgulen.org/
Some Information on the Movement: The Gülen Movement: a modern expression of Turkish Islam – Interview with Hakan Yavuz – Religioscope
I am certain that you will find critics and conspiracy theorists that seek to defame this grassroots movement, but all you would need to do is stop by one of their schools. This network seeks to spread worldly education grounded in Islam, something that the government, madrases, and the missionary schools can not accomplish.
The Foundation website has extensive information on academics, students, and competitions. Unfortunately some of the links do not work. I think that the main page where the students are "COMPETING WITH THE WORLD FOR PAKISTAN" says it all.
pak-one
thanks or the links, i will check em out. is there any sort of movement in us-pakistanis to support these efforts? if not maybe it should be given more publicity. I intend to read this and have the local radio shows cover it etc