{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Olivier Roy: reflections on radicalization - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rkjBUz08KY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/12\/10\/7304\/\">Olivier Roy: reflections on radicalization<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2020\/12\/10\/7304\/embed\/#?secret=rkjBUz08KY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Olivier Roy: reflections on radicalization&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"rkjBUz08KY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Minarete.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":450,"description":"His arguments may go unheard among top government circles, but\u00a0Olivier Roy, a French political scientist and professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, is a prominent figure in the French intellectual world. His work sheds light on the mechanisms and complexities of radicalisation processes. Nadia Henni:Moula\u00ef (Middle East Eye) In 2015, he coined the phrase the &#8220;Islamicisation of radicalism&#8221; as opposed to the &#8220;radicalisation of Islam&#8221;, a theory put forward by another leading scholar of Islam, Gilles Kepel, who in a 2018 column\u00a0accused Roy of being a &#8220;jihad de-negationist&#8221;. The insults and name-calling are highly symptomatic of the underlying political significance of what had started off as a purely\u00a0academic quarrel. Middle East Eye spoke with the academic about his\u00a0analysis of Islam and questions of radicalisation, which he says is a whole comprised of many components, of which Islam is but one among many others. That is a view that warrants a closer look, as French authorities struggle to effectively blunt the threat of radicalism. Middle East Eye:\u00a0In the wake of the\u00a0November 2015 Paris attacks, you qualified the radicalisation of French Muslim youths who went to Syria to fight alongside armed Islamist groups as a sign of the &#8220;Islamicisation ..."}