In 2002, after years of work on political Islam, French scholar Olivier Roy published a major book on “globalized Islam”. A revised and updated version of this work has now been published in English.
Olivier Roy,Globalised Islam: The Search for a New Ummah, London: Hurst, 2004 – or click here if you prefer to order the US edition (published by Columbia University Press).
The interview was conducted online in November 2004. Olivier Roy was interviewed by Jean-Francois Mayer.