Olivier Roy
is professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and Senior Researcher at the CNRS. Author of Globalised Islam. The search for a new ummah, London/New York, 2004; Islamist Networks. The Pakistan–Afghan Connection (with Mariam Abou Zahab), London, 2003; Les illusions du 11 septembre, Paris, 2002; L’islam mondialisé, Paris, 2002; Vers un islam européen, Paris, 1999; and The Failure of Political Islam, Harvard UP, 1994.
Eurozine Articles
Islamic evangelism
Islam in Europe
It is a mistake to think that religious and political radicalism among European Muslims is a mere import from the cultures and conflicts of the Middle East. It is above all a consequence of the globalization and Westernization of Islam, writes Olivier Roy. [more]





