Gandhi and Gulen : Comparing their views for peace building exercises

Abstract

Revered as ‘special person with divine grace’ among their people at popular level, both Gandhi
and Gulen envision a free, peaceful, democratic,
tolerant and non-violent world and have
generated positive public actions to achieve this
goal through legal, peaceful and non-violent
means. Though the world view of both are deeply
grounded in religious philosophy, Gandhi’s
world view is primarily constructed through
Santan Hindu religious tradition, while Gulen’s
world view is primarily filtered through the prism