“The Qur’an declares that one who takes a life unjustly has, in effect, taken the lives of humanity as a whole, and that one who saves a life has, in effect, saved the lives of humanity as a whole.”

—  Fethullah Gülen

"Gülen’s Condemnation Message of Terrorism", 2001

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