As a civil society movement what is the Gülen Movement’s stance on religion and the state?

While the Gülen Movement’s origin and services arise from a civil-society-based faith initiative, its discourse and practice affirm the idea that religion and the state are and can be separate in Islam, and that this does not endanger the faith but in fact protects it and its followers from exploitation and may strengthen it.

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