Kepel, a professor at Sciences Po, has been at the forefront of international discussion of political Islam since the publication of his Jihad in 2000. After the Charlie Hebdo attacks, he wrote that the killers paid little heed to the difficulties they would cause French Muslims. His new books ask whether a new generation of French politicians with roots in the Maghreb might heal the country’s social divisions.
Further reading:
Gilles Kepel profile at Sciences Po
A third way in the middle eastKishwer Falkner reviews Kepel's Beyond Terror and Martyrdom.
Gilles Kepel—The Interview France24 interviews Kepel about Islam and the Arab world.
