Nur Movement

The Nur Movement (Turkish: Nurculuk) is a religious movement in Turkey based on the writings of Said Nursi (d. 1960), which promoted the concept of the Quran as a "living document" which needed to be continually re-interpreted.^[1]

The group suffered greatly from political oppression and arrests during the 1960s and 1970s.^[2] The group fragmented substantially in the 1970s and 1980s, resulting in offshoots such as the Gülen Movement.^[3] However, Gulen Movement is believed to be ideologically different than the original Nur Movement.

References

1. Christopher L. Miller (3 January 2013). The Gülen Hizmet Movement: Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-1-4438-4507-6.
2. Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' (9 April 2003). Islam at the Crossroads: On the Life and Thought of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. SUNY Press. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-0-7914-5700-9.
3. Annika Rabo; Bo Utas (2005). The Role of the State in West Asia. Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-91-86884-13-0.