Human Rights Series- 10 years after Charlie Hebdo at La Maison Française NYU – New York, NY

Ten years ago, the terrorists who killed twelve members of the satirical newspaper Charle Hebdo and four customers at a kosher supermarket declared their allegiance to Al-Qaeda [they did not claim to be associated with ISIS or Daesh, as far as I know]. The attackers were part of a global jihadist movement consisting of a network of extremist organizations advocating violent attacks against the West and Jews.

How has this movement evolved since 2015? What is its relationship to more mainstream Islamist movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood? Has the strategy of Islamists shifted towards infiltrating Western countries through religious schools, mosques, activist imams, growing participation in elective positions and effective internet propaganda, as suggested by a recent French government report on the Muslim Brotherhood? How powerful is the jihadist movement today and who are its main actors?

At a time when the West is grappling with Islamism and the Middle East is undergoing a major transformation, two prominent Middle East experts, Prof. Bernard Haykel of Princeton and Dr. Hugo Micheron from Sciences Po Paris will share their expertise with us on these important geopolitical issues and security questions.

10 Years After Charlie Hebdo: Islamism and Jihadism Today is part of La Maison Française of NYU’s series on Human Rights in partnership with LICRA, USA