The War for Muslim Minds

Cover to the English-language translation

Author| Gilles Kepel
Original title| Fitna: guerre au coeur de l'Islam
Translator| Pascale Ghazaleh
Language| French
Publication place| France
Media type| Print

The War for Muslim Minds is the English translation of Fitna: guerre au coeur de l'Islam, a 2004 book by French author and Islamic studies scholar Gilles Kepel.[1] It was translated from the original French by Pascale Ghazaleh.[2] The book explores Islam's relationship to the West, especially in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Kepel concludes that most Muslims oppose the attacks on civilians and other militant tactics employed by Islamist extremists and that these actions are hurting them.

In researching this book, Kepel traveled in both the Middle East and the Western world, interviewing leaders across the Islamic world, as well as Western analysts and European diplomats. He asked them about the rising tide and disaffection of Islamist elements in the West. His argument, based on his findings, was that the most important battle in the war for Muslim minds over the next decade would be fought in Islamic communities in the West, many of which are located in the outskirts of major cities such as Paris and London.

## References

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1. ^ Ross, Liat Radcliffe; Kepel, Gilles; Ghazaleh, Pascale; Roy, Olivier (2005). "Review of The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West, KepelGilles, GhazalehPascale; Globalised Islam: The Search for a New Ummah, RoyOlivier". St Antony's International Review. 1 (2): 120–123. ISSN 1746-451X.
2. ^ Warner, Carolyn M. (March 2005). "The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West, Gilles Kepel, trans. Pascale Ghazaleh (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004), 327 pp., $23.95 cloth". Ethics & International Affairs. 19 (1): 128–131. doi:10.1017/S0892679400009217. ISSN 0892-6794.

## External links

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* ISBN 0-674-01575-4
* The War for Muslim Minds \- Harvard University Press page

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