Olivier Roy
Translated and Reprinted with
permission
© The National Interest, No. 71 (Spring 2003), Washington, DC.
If there were any question as to
whether Middle Eastern-born Muslim radicals could wreak massive
destruction in Western countries, it was answered on September 11, 2001.
An important related question, however, remains on the table. Could
future Islamic terror arise from within Western societies, from
Muslim radicals born in the West and thoroughly familiar with its ways?
What paths might such radicalism take? To answer this question, we must
develop and consult a new sociology – that of EuroIslam. (This
essay deals only with western Europe. A universal form of Islam is also
developing in the United States and Canada, but it differs in structure
and implication from that in European countries.)