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Réseaux islamiques : La connexion afghano-pakistanaise
L'organisation Al-Qaïda n'a pu atteindre toute sa capacité de nuisance que parce qu'elle a trouvé un sanctuaire en Afghanistan, où Ben Laden s'est définitivement installé en 1996. Pourquoi ce sanctuaire n'a-t-il pas été attaqué avant 2001, et en particulier après les attentats d'août 1998 contre les ambassades américaines en Afrique de l'Est ? D'abord parce que les taliban faisaient partie de tout un réseau islamique radical régional, dont le véritable centre était le Pakistan. Al-Qaïda, taliban, déobandis pakistanais, Mouvement islamique d'Ouzbékistan : c'est toute une région qui servait en fait de base aux terroristes. Quelle est l'histoire de cette mouvance ? Comment, alors qu'ils ont chacun leur trajectoire propre et leurs divergences doctrinales, ces mouvements se sont-ils coordonnés peu à peu contre un seul ennemi, les États-Unis d'Amérique ? C'est l'objet de ce livre qui étudie aussi la dialectique entre l'internationalisation des réseaux islamiques et leur implantation locale dans des groupes ethniques parfois étroits. L'après 11 septembre marquera-t-il la revanche du local sur le global et le retour de l'État, notamment au Pakistan, l'un des pays où se joue l'avenir de l'islamisme ?
88 pages, Paperback
Published September 21, 2002
About the author
Olivier Roy
92 books200 followersA professor at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy); he was previously a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (IEP).
From 1984 to 2008, he has acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry.
In 1988, Roy served as a United Nations Office for Coordinating Relief in Afghanistan (UNOCA) consultant.
Beginning in August 1993, Roy served as special OSCE representative to Tajikistan until February 1994, at which time he was selected as head of the OSCE mission to Tajikistan, a position he held until October 1994.
Roy received an "Agrégation" in Philosophy and a Master's in Persian language and civilization in 1972 from the French Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales.
In 1996, he received his PhD in Political Science from the IEP.
Roy is the author of numerous books on subjects including Iran, Islam, Asian politics. These works include Globalized Islam: The search for a new ummah, Today's Turkey: A European State? and The Illusions of September 11.
He also serves on the editorial board of the academic journal Central Asian Survey.
His best-known book, L'Echec de l'Islam politique; The Failure of Political Islam. It is a standard text for students of political Islam.
Roy wrote widely on the subject of the 2005 civil unrest in France saying they should not be seen as religiously inspired as some commentators said.
His most recent work is Secularism Confronts Islam (Columbia, 2007). The book offers a perspective on the place of Islam in secular society and looks at the diverse experiences of Muslim immigrants in the West. Roy examines how Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a "true believer."
From 1984 to 2008, he has acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry.
In 1988, Roy served as a United Nations Office for Coordinating Relief in Afghanistan (UNOCA) consultant.
Beginning in August 1993, Roy served as special OSCE representative to Tajikistan until February 1994, at which time he was selected as head of the OSCE mission to Tajikistan, a position he held until October 1994.
Roy received an "Agrégation" in Philosophy and a Master's in Persian language and civilization in 1972 from the French Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales.
In 1996, he received his PhD in Political Science from the IEP.
Roy is the author of numerous books on subjects including Iran, Islam, Asian politics. These works include Globalized Islam: The search for a new ummah, Today's Turkey: A European State? and The Illusions of September 11.
He also serves on the editorial board of the academic journal Central Asian Survey.
His best-known book, L'Echec de l'Islam politique; The Failure of Political Islam. It is a standard text for students of political Islam.
Roy wrote widely on the subject of the 2005 civil unrest in France saying they should not be seen as religiously inspired as some commentators said.
His most recent work is Secularism Confronts Islam (Columbia, 2007). The book offers a perspective on the place of Islam in secular society and looks at the diverse experiences of Muslim immigrants in the West. Roy examines how Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a "true believer."
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