http://www.metafilter.com/tags/FethulahGulen Posts tagged with 'FethulahGulen' at MetaFilter. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:17:16 -0800 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:17:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73018/The%2DTop%2DPublic%2DIntellectuals Prospect/Foreign Policy release their list of <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4349&print=1">the world's top public intellectuals</a>(<a href="http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10261">full list</a>). Number 1? The Islamic scholar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fethullah_G%C3%BClen">Fethullah Gulen.</a><br><br>The rest of the top 10? The microfinancier Muhammad Yunus, the cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the writer Orhan Pamuk, the politician Aitzaz Ahsan, the evangelist Amr Khaled, the philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush, the philosopher Tariq Ramadan, the cultural theorist Mahmood Mamdani and activist Shirin Ebadi. Sense a theme? Yes, all Muslims. <br>This is a striking turnabout from <a href="http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7078">the 2005 poll</a> topped by Chomsky, Eco and Dawkins. <br>What happened? Prospect Magazine <a href="http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10262">explains</a>. The Turkish newspaper Zaman <a href="http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=145674">weighs in</a>. The UK's Independent <a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/05/fethullah-gulen.html">is outraged</a>. Fethulah Gulen <a href="http://en.fgulen.com/content/view/2955/3/">defends himself<a>.</a></a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73018 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:17:16 -0800 FethulahGulen foreignpolicy muslims prospectmagazine turkey vacapinta