Muslim citizens should never be classified according to their creed, origin, ancestry or culture. After all, I don't define my political or social po…

- Gilles Kepel

To militant Islamists, the expulsion of the Soviets was just the prelude to purging the entire Islamic world of infidels.

- Gilles Kepel

The Americans view the democratization of the Middle East as the route to peace.

- Gilles Kepel

In the Arab mindset, democratization may not be an exclusively negative term. But it's associated closely with American policies and the occupation o…

- Gilles Kepel