In L’Avenir de l’islam en France et en Europe, highly regarded authors such as Gilles Kepel, Olivier Roy, Tariq Ramadan, and Ahmed Jaballah, as well as other renowned sociologists and political figures, gathered years of research to answer a difficult and timely question: what is the future of Islam? The result of the highly publicized 2002 Auxerre colloquium, L’Avenir de l’islam en France et en Europe is intended to explain the place of Islam on the old continent without falling into dogmas and prejudices. Europe’s past and present policies towards its former colonies make its relationships with Muslim communities very different from those of the United States. To understand the global impact of the many transformations at stake within Islam today, no one should limit one’s analysis to any specific borders. The book is divided into five parts. The first explains how modern and diverse European Islam is and describes its many changes. The second tackles the young Muslim generation and how it has been transformed by individualism. The third part sheds light on Islam and the construction of the European Union, specifically analyzing the significance and impact of Turkey’s recent entry. The fourth widens the scope by studying Islam’s many geopolitical dimensions, and the fifth examines what Islam has brought to Western culture.