Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Selahattin Sevi/Zaman Daily via Cihan News Agency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit against a prominent Muslim cleric and opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, saying the court lacked jurisdiction, lawyers for both sides said.
Fethullah Gulen, once Erdogan's ally but now branded by the president as a "terrorist", was accused in the lawsuit of ordering his followers in the Turkish police and judiciary to arrest members of another Islamic movement in 2009.
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