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Thomas Michel, S.J., speaks on Fethullah Gulen and the movement he inspired at the closing session of the Georgetown Conference on Gulen Movement. After Arabic and Islamic studies in Egypt and Lebanon, Fr. Thomas Michel, completed a doctoral... more

Thomas Michel, S.J., speaks on Fethullah Gulen and the movement he inspired at the closing session of the Georgetown Conference on Gulen Movement. After Arabic and Islamic studies in Egypt and Lebanon, Fr. Thomas Michel, completed a doctoral dissertation on the thought of the Muslim scholar Ibn Taymiyya and received a Ph.D. in Islamic studies from the University of Chicago in 1978. In 1981, he was appointed to the Asia Desk of the Vatican Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and in 1988, he became Head of the Office for Islam in the same Vatican department. Since 1994, he has served as Executive Secretary of the Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC-OEIA), in Bangkok, Thailand. Since 1996, he is Director of the Jesuit Secretariat for Interreligious Dialogue in Rome, Italy, and Ecumenical Secretary for the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. « less

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