Thousands gathered on Thursday in the US to pay respects to the Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who died this week in self-exile. With police surrounding the area, mourners, including family and friends, filled a small stadium in northern New Jersey for a prayer service and funeral. Pall-bearers carried Gülen’s casket into the packed stadium. After the service, Gülen was taken to be buried several hundred kilometres away in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. His grave will be on the grounds of the Chestnut Retreat Center, a sprawling compound in the Pocono Mountains that became the centre of …
