Bernard Haykel

Bernard Haykel is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and the Director of the Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia at Princeton University.[1] He has been described as "the foremost secular authority on the Islamic State’s ideology" by journalist Graeme C.A. Wood.[2] (However, see also challenges to Wood's article, as well as Haykel's scholarly authority, by others, such as: ThinkProgress; Atlantic; and MuslimMatters)

Haykel, of "partially" Lebanese ancestry, grew up in Lebanon and in the United States.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Bernard Haykel". Princeton University. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wood, Graeme (March 2015). "What ISIS Really Wants". The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 February 2015.