Olivier Roy

(France, 1949) is an authority on the Islam. In his latest book De globalisering van de islam (The globalisation of the Islam) Olivier Roy researches the consequences for the Islam of globalisation. His work is supported by a vast amount of factual material. From The Twin Towers to the French suburbs and from the trainings camps in Afganistan to the Dutch integration policies; in a convincing manner Roy manages to place the Islamic world in a new perspective. Olivier Roy is one of the most outstanding authorities on the Islam at this moment. He is attached to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Centre of Scientific Research). Other titles written by him are: Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan; The Failure of Political Islam; The New Central Asia: The Creation of Nations, en Vers un islam européen (Towards an European Islam).
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