On 13 May 2005, CNRS researcher, Olivier Roy, will address the International Institute of Islamic Thought in connection with his latest book: “Secularism Confronts Islam” in which he defends Tariq Ramadan and a gives a finger-wagging lesson in morality to committed journalists (i.e. all those who criticize Islamists).
His own views actually reflect limited scientific neutrality as he endorses, through his presence, a fundamentalist institute aiming to provide scientific guarantees for political and radical Islam, as developed by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The International Institute of Islamic Thought has been looking for a few months to establish different types of collaboration with non-Islamic institutions. Nevertheless, a simple look at the Institute’s productions suffices to be be appalled by its radicalism. Its publications and translations include “The Sunna of the Prophet” by Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, a man who approves excision and wife beating and justifies suicide attacks against the “Sons of Sion “.
After some of the Institute’s officials have been sidelined for helping to finance terrorist organizations, the US parent company, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) now enjoys the mercy of the US administration, which seriously believes that Muslim Brotherhood can be an alternative in Muslim countries. A communication campaign designed to glamorize the movement is also underway.
This campaign includes outreach by all IIIT branches, including the French one which has recently invited several personalities to visit the IIIT-USA in April 2005, including Bariza Khiari, Paris Senator, Nadia Bourdi, Deputy-Mayor of Saint Etienne and Franck Fregosi, a Strasbourg researcher.
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