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Zeki Saritoprak is a Turkish-American scholar and public intellectual in the areas or Islamic theology, spirituality, and inter-religious dialogue. A native of Turkey, Saritoprak received his formal theological training at the Marmara University in Istanbul. He was the founder of the Rumi Forum in Washington D. C. and has taught at several American Institutions including, Georgetown University, The American Catholic University, and Berry College. He is currently Professor of Islamic Studies and the holder of the Bediüzzaman Said Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio.

Work on Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen/Hizmet Movement
Dr. Saritoprak is a leading public voice on matters related to the Gulen Movement and its relationship to the Turkish Govenment and global interfaith movements. He has been interviewed on the subject by a variety of news outlets including NPR , the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Interfaith Dialogue
Dr. Saritoprak is an active member of a number of interfaith dialogue groups. Most notably, he regularly participates in the Midwest Catholic Muslim Dialogue which is co sponsored by the IIslamic Society of North America and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Catholic Muslim Dialogue.

Works
Islam's Jesus (University Press of Florida, 2013)

Islamic Spritualtiy