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10/12/2008

Anne McElvoy talks to French scholar Gilles Kepel about his vision for a future of co-operation between Islam and the West, and the vital role Mediterranean alliances must play.

Anne McElvoy talks to distinguished French scholar Gilles Kepel, whose new book Beyond Terror and Martyrdom argues that the global clash between the neo-conservative world view of the War on Terror and the jihadist myth of martyrdom needs to be rethought and reimagined. He claims both narratives are bankrupt, arguing that building Mediterranean alliances is the key to resolving the tension between Islam and the West.

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