Muslims in Europe—Between Multiculturalism and Integration

Olivier Roy is Research Director in the Humanities & Social Sciences sector of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and has been a consultant with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1984. Roy has served as a consultant for United Nations Office of the Coordinator for Afghanistan, Special Envoy for the OSCE in Tajikistan, and head for OSCE's mission for Tajikistan. Roy has delivered lectures and seminars at leading institutions in Europe and the United States, and he is the author of numerous articles and books including Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan (Cambridge University Press); The Failure of Political Islam (Harvard University Press); The New Central Asia: The Creation of Nations (I.B. Tauris), and Vers un islam européen (Éditions Esprit).