AUTHOR'S BIO
Olivier Roy
Olivier Roy is Research Director at the CNRS; he teaches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris. He is the author of Globalized Islam.
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Islamic Evangelism
Olivier Roy Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2004-07-22Many believe that religious revival and political radicalism among Muslims who reside in the West reflects the traditions and conflicts of the Middle East or the wider Muslim world. But Islamic Salafism (fundamentalist religious radicalism) is above all a consequence of the globalization and Westernization of Islam, and of the decoupling of culture and religion more generally. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 24610
