July 21, 2013

Hizmet Movement through the Eyes of an Indian

Kashif Ihsan Khan*

On 21 June I returned to Delhi from Turkey, after spending three weeks in some 6 cities including Konya, Bursa, Ankara and Istanbul. It was my second trip to Turkey. The first was confined to Istanbul as it was aimed at having a deep insight into the functioning of Islamic banks in Istanbul for my doctoral thesis. During the second visit to Turkey, I visited major sites in Istanbul and other cities, including the magnificent edifices of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Suleymaniya Mosque, grave of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, Ulu Jami in Bursa, etc. I also visited schools sponsored by Hizmet and Fatih University in the western suburbs of Istanbul, an English-language university supported by Hizmet.