A structure, which had started the journey to reach a certain objective and was formed to realize those objectives, losing sight of the objective, while glorifying it in the first place, is actually one of the typical results in political movements.
Because of that, when the Gülen movement is the point in question, nobody should think that we are face to face with a one-of–a-kind movement. Many examples of this movement and course of events can be found with many of its aspects.
Maybe one difference is; the Gülen movement had experienced a sterner drop to the situations, which are completely adverse to the movement’s asserted or emphasized matters.
Also on those matters, there are obvious changes between the initial statements of the movement and the expressions spoken during certain phases of the journey.
The disperse from chauvinist nationalist expressions even spread to and affect the Islamic understanding, to a point where the toleration and dialogue notions are heavily exaggerated and where activities that might be regarded excessive in this sense are being conducted in a short time….
Besides, synchronously, the toleration and dialogue, which is shown to the people who are counted as “outsiders”, and, the intolerance and closure, which is shown to the people who are regarded as “insiders”, are apparent.
Even in the times when they had laid the most emphasis on tolerance and dialogue, the Gülen movement stands out by erecting thick walls between themselves and many Islamic congregations, and by not making any contact with them. Besides, they are not only doing this in Turkey. All around the world, they are presenting a similar attitude against other Islamic movements or congregations.
When observed from this angle, it’s necessary to remark that determining “how much the Gülen movement had diverged from their objectives at the beginning” is not that easy. Fundamentally, until now, no one had managed to determine what the real objectives of the movement are. Because, the movement had never shared their real intentions and objectives to the outsiders. The most characteristic quality of the movement is the excessive occultism that reflects an impression that they possess certain secrets that are protected in every layer.
As it’s customary in structures, in which the secret is opened according to the hierarchic system, the movement hasn’t told their real objective even to the people whom they regard as “insiders”. Because of this, it is highly likely that only the people at the top of the movement know of the real objective in secret. This is actually the worse part of the case. In a movement, in which only the people at the top know of the secret, there is nothing in hand other than the instituted trusting relationship.
In a movement, which is based on blindly obeying the leader, while opposite objectives are being designated within two days, the followers are accepting both of them without questioning them. It’s clear that this relation style doesn’t belong to a Muslim culture, and is special to the esoteric movements. No Muslim, who knows oneself and Islam, can trust anyone this much.
The first perfect generation of the Muslims, “Ashab-I Kiram” (Companions of Prophet Muhammad) used to obey our Prophet unconditionally, because of the revelation he received; however, even they could object to the personal opinions of the Prophet that are not based on the revelation. They used to ask, “Oh His Messenger, is this from you, or Allah?” When the opinion was the opinion of the Prophet, they wouldn’t abstain from asserting their alternative opinions, and thus clear the way of both the Prophet’s and Ashab’s opinions.
In the Gülen movement, we see a blind obedience to the leader, which motivates siding against the great majority of the Muslims and even opening a war against them, feeling sorry for the things that make the Muslims happy and to be happy with the things that make Muslims sad, without questioning what he does. This obedience, moves the people away from the general course of events of the Muslims, and rips their feelings from the feelings of the oppressed and simple believers.
If there are no other indicators, then even only this situation should open people’s eyes, don’t you think so?
We don’t really know how much the movement had really diverged from their objectives. We don’t know how and to what extent Gülen had been affected by a series of relations in the 60s and his relations with the Association of Struggling with Communism and Kasım Gülek, and what vision Gülen had adapted and taken on the road.
Today, from the board, which is gradually becoming clearer, we can guess that those relations had an indicative effect on the vision and mission of the movement. Fethullah Gülen and his movement have a secret, a code, which goes back many years and which includes their objective and vision….
Because of this, without knowing that code, everything we mentioned about the extent which “the things we said about socialism and Islamism in the matter of the objective-instrument balance” are valid for this movement, will hang in the air.
However, the situation shouldn’t be this vague for the ones who are dependent on Gülen, because they seem to have heard the values, humanistic and oneness vision of Islam from him and thus became dependent on him for that reason.
They are required to question how much every move, statement they see is complying with the mission, which should be obvious and transparent for all the Muslims. Otherwise, all the services they had conducted - without knowing to whom or to what they are serving - will amount to nothing and will be ruined.
