{"id":3493,"date":"2015-03-16T11:09:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T11:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/violence-and-fundamentalism-in-a-european-context-why-do-western-educated-youth-join-isis"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:04:54","slug":"violence-and-fundamentalism-in-a-european-context-why-do-western-educated-youth-join-isis","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/violence-and-fundamentalism-in-a-european-context-why-do-western-educated-youth-join-isis","title":{"rendered":"VIOLENCE AND FUNDAMENTALISM IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT. WHY DO WESTERN EDUCATED YOUTH JOIN ISIS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olivier Roy<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2015Roy.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"Olivier Roy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2015Roy.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2015Roy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2015Roy.jpg 587w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olivier Roy is professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He was previously a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). From 1984 to 2008, he acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry. In 1988, Roy served as a United Nations Office for Coordinating Relief in Afghanistan (UNOCA) consultant. Beginning in August 1993, Roy served as special OSCE representative to Tajikistan until February 1994, at which time he was selected as head of the OSCE mission to Tajikistan, a position he held until October 1994.<br \/>Roy is the author of numerous books on subjects including Iran, Islam, Asian politics. These works include Globalised Islam: The search for a new ummah, Today's Turkey: A European State? and The Illusions of September 11, L'Echec de l'Islam politique (1992) (The Failure of Political Islam) (1994): In 2010 he published Holy Ignorance, When Religion and Culture Part Ways an analysis of religion, ethnicity and culture and the results when these part ways.<\/p>\n<p>Introductory remarks and moderation:<br \/>Isolde Charim, philosopher and curator of the series<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivier Roy Olivier Roy is professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He was previously a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d&rsquo;&Eacute;tudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). 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