Gilles Kepel
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Gilles Kepel (b. 30 June 1955) is a prominent French scholar and analyst of the Islamic and the Arab world. He has written works on Radical Islam including Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam.
His recent books received some criticism in the US for being too dismissive of the threat of Islamism or too critical of the US[citation needed].
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[edit] Biography
He holds degrees in Arabic, English and philosophy. A graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (better known as Sciences Po), Kepel has received doctorates in political science and in sociology.
[edit] Books by Gilles Kepel
- Du jihad à la fitna, Paris, Bayard / BNF, 2005.
- The roots of radical Islam, London, Saqi, 2005.
- Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam, London, I.B. Tauris, 2004.
- The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West, Cambridge, Mass / London, Belknap Press, 2004. — tranaslation of Fitna. guerre au coeur de l'islam : essai, Paris, Gallimard, 2004.
- Bad moon rising: A chronicle of the Middle East today, London, Saqi, 2003.
- Jihad : expansion et déclin de l'islamisme, Paris, Gallimard, [2000], revised edition 2003.
- La Revanche de Dieu: Chrétiens, juifs et musulmans à la reconquête du monde, Paris, Le Seuil, [1991], 2003.
- Chronique d'une guerre d'Orient, automne 2001. Brève chronique d'Israël et de Palestine, avril-mai 2001, Paris, Gallimard, 2002.
- Allah in the West: Islamic movements in America and Europe, Oxford, Polity, 1997.
- A l'ouest d'Allah, Paris, Le Seuil, [1994], 1996.
- The revenge of God: The resurgence of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the modern world, Cambridge, Polity, 1994.
- Le Prophète et le Pharaon. Aux sources des mouvements islamistes, Paris, Le Seuil, [1984], revised edition 1993.
- Les banlieues de l'islam. Naissance d'une religion en France, Paris, Le Seuil, [1987], 2nd edition 1991.
[edit] Articles and Interviews
- The war for Muslim minds: an interview with Gilles Kepel
- The trail of political Islam
- Tightrope walks and chessboards: an interview with Gilles Kepel
- PBS:"Al Qaeda's New Front" Interview with Gilles Kepel
[edit] External links
- Gilles Kepel
- Gilles Kepel's analysis of Zarqawi U.S. Institute of Peace, March 16, 2006 (Audio, transcript and photos available).
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