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Over the last twenty-five years, social & political movements which derive their inspiration & guidance from religion have become increasingly prominent actors on the global stage. Lari Nyroos has categorised these movements as engaging in a "dissident geopolitics". This article seeks to explore this categorisation through an analysis of geopolitical discussions presented in recent publications of Fethullah Gulen. Gulen is the intellectual & spiritual leader of a Muslim social movement based in Turkey & an active proponent of inter-religious dialogue at a global scale. From this analysis, it is concluded that Gulen does employ a geopolitical vision that is counter to the dominant understandings of modern geopolitics. While he does not oppose the actions of any particular state or the structure of the global state system, he subordinates both to a functional role within a transcendental order defined by religious faith. Adapted from the source document.