Gilles Kepel on a Frontline documentary

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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]}. This article is about political Islamism. ...

Biography

Gilles Kepel speaking at United States Institute of Peace, March 16, 2006.

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. Image File history File links Kepel3. ... Image File history File links Kepel3. ... Proposed new USIP headquarters, construction to begin 2007. ... The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787) depicts the philosopher Socrates carrying out his own execution. ... The Paris Institute of Political Studies (French: Institut détudes politiques de Paris), often referred to as Sciences-Po (pronounced see-ahns po), is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. ... Sciences Po, often referred to as Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques de Paris, Institut detudes Politiques de Paris, or simply IEP Paris, is a leading specialist school in the French capital. ... Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Social interactions and their consequences are the subject of sociology. ...

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.

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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

External links

• Gilles Kepel
• Gilles Kepel's analysis of Zarqawi U.S. Institute of Peace, March 16, 2006 (Audio, transcript and photos available).