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'''Antoine Sfeir''', (25 November 1948 in [[Beirut]], Lebanon – 1 October 2018), was a [[Lebanese people in France|Franco-Lebanese]] journalist and a professor.
'''Antoine Sfeir''' (25 November 1948 – 1 October 2018) was a [[Lebanese people in France|Franco-Lebanese]] journalist.


==Biography==
He is the editor of the French journal ''[[:fr:Les Cahiers de l'Orient|Les Cahiers de l'Orient (Notebooks from the East)]]'', a quarterly devoted to the Arab and Muslim world, and the president of the CERPO (Study and Research Center on the Middle East). A former professor of international relations at the [[CELSA Paris|CELSA]] ([[Paris-Sorbonne University]]) school, he is now president of the ILERI international relations school (Institut Libre d'Etude des Relations Internationales).<ref>[http://www.capcampus.com/nomination-618/nomination-a-l-ileri-antoine-sfeir-nouveau-president-a31925.htm Nomination à l'ILERI : Antoine SFEIR, nouveau Président]</ref>''
[[Sfeir]] was the editor of the French journal ''[[:fr:Les Cahiers de l'Orient|Les Cahiers de l'Orient (Notebooks from the East)]]'', a quarterly publication devoted to the Arab and Muslim world, and the president of the CERPO (Study and Research Center on the Middle East). A former professor of international relations at the [[CELSA Paris|CELSA]] ([[Paris-Sorbonne University]]) school, he was also president of the ILERI international relations school (Institut Libre d'Etude des Relations Internationales).<ref>[http://www.capcampus.com/nomination-618/nomination-a-l-ileri-antoine-sfeir-nouveau-president-a31925.htm Nomination à l'ILERI : Antoine SFEIR, nouveau Président]</ref>


On June 13, 1976, he was kidnapped by pro-Syrian militiamen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was held captive for seven days, during which he was tortured (bayonet in the back, blows with the butt on the fingers and in the jaw, torn nails). This episode pushed him to leave Lebanon to take refuge in France, where he arrived on September 3, 1976. His knowledge of Arab countries and the Muslim world means that he quickly becomes an expert solicited by French media to decipher current events in the Middle East.
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A recognized expert on Islam,<ref>Last published : [https://lecourrierdumaghrebetdelorient.info/books/books-lislam-contre-lislam-par-antoine-sfeir/ Islam against Islam, the endless war between the Sunnites and the Shiites], [[:fr:Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle Grasset|Grasset]], 2012</ref> Sfeir has been warning against the dangers of radicalism as soon as in the 2000s : "...foreign imams often found an all too willing audience in France's rundown immigrant suburbs. The kids there already watch Arab stations on satellite TV, with their bloodthirsty slogans and anti-western propaganda. They've already been totally radicalized."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/23/france.islam "France to train imams in 'French Islam'"], The Guardian, 23 April 2004</ref>


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A recognized expert on Islam,<ref>Last published : [https://lecourrierdumaghrebetdelorient.info/books/books-lislam-contre-lislam-par-antoine-sfeir/ Islam against Islam, the endless war between the Sunnites and the Shiites], [[:fr:Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle Grasset|Grasset]], 2012</ref> Sfeir warned against the dangers of radicalism as soon as in the 2000s : "...foreign imams often found an all too willing audience in France's rundown immigrant suburbs. The kids there already watch Arab stations on satellite TV, with their bloodthirsty slogans and anti-western propaganda. They've already been totally radicalized."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/23/france.islam "France to train imams in 'French Islam'"], The Guardian, 23 April 2004</ref>
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Sfeir wrote numerous books about Islam and the Middle East;,<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Antoine-Sfeir/e/B004MX5PV0 Antoine Sfeir Amazon page]</ref><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/535718.Antoine_Sfeir Antoine Sfeir Good reads page]</ref> one of which is the [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-columbia-world-dictionary-of-islamism/9780231146401 Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism], translated by John King ([[Columbia University Press]]). He is also often interviewed about international affairs in television talkshows,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1765166/ Antoine Sfeir Imdb page]</ref> newspapers,<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2011/0222/As-Europe-watches-Arab-unrest-fears-over-oil-migration-shade-its-response "As Europe watches Arab unrest, fears over oil, migration shade its response"], The Christian Science Monitor, February 22, 2011</ref> and Administration commissions.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMKFe6FzSuc L'Islam en France], French Senate, You Tube, February 3, 2016</ref>


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Sfeir wrote numerous books about Islam and the Middle East;<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Antoine-Sfeir/e/B004MX5PV0 Antoine Sfeir Amazon page]</ref><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/535718.Antoine_Sfeir Antoine Sfeir Good reads page]</ref> one of which was ''The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism'', translated by John King ([[Columbia University Press]]).<ref>[https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-columbia-world-dictionary-of-islamism/9780231146401 ''The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism'']</ref> He was often interviewed about international affairs on television talkshows,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1765166/ Antoine Sfeir Imdb page]</ref> newspapers,<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2011/0222/As-Europe-watches-Arab-unrest-fears-over-oil-migration-shade-its-response "As Europe watches Arab unrest, fears over oil, migration shade its response"], The Christian Science Monitor, 22 February 2011</ref> and Administration commissions.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMKFe6FzSuc L'Islam en France], French Senate, You Tube, 3 February 2016</ref>
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In his book [http://www.worldcat.org/title/tunisie-terre-de-paradoxes/oclc/70712194 "Tunisie, terre de paradoxes"] published in 2006 he was accused of supporting the regime of Ben Ali in particular by denying its police and authoritarian character.<ref>[http://www.arabist.net/blog/2006/9/20/intellectuals-and-dictatorships-the-case-of-antoine-sfeir.html Blog The Arabist]</ref> Sfeir replied that he always considered "the Tunisian people as an example for the whole region" in terms of education, modernization and regional integration, as well as in the fight against religious fundamentalism".<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/editos/2009/10/26/01031-20091026ARTFIG00001-la-tunisie-rempart-contre-la-deferlante-integriste-dans-la-region-.php "La Tunisie, rempart contre la déferlante intégriste dans la région"], Antoine Sfeir, Le Figaro, 26 octobre 2009, l. 39 and 43.</ref> But in February 2011, Sfeir admitted that he was "heavily mistaken" on Tunisia and the Ben Ali regime.<ref>[https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-monde/20110218.RUE0942/auteur-d-une-apologie-de-ben-ali-antoine-sfeir-fait-son-mea-culpa.html Auteur d'une apologie de Ben Ali, Antoine Sfeir fait son mea culpa], ''L'Obs'', 18 February 2011.</ref>

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In his book ''Tunisie, terre de paradoxes''<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70712194 ''Tunisie, terre de paradoxes'']</ref> published in 2006, he was accused of supporting the regime of Ben Ali in particular by denying its police and authoritarian character.<ref>[http://www.arabist.net/blog/2006/9/20/intellectuals-and-dictatorships-the-case-of-antoine-sfeir.html Blog The Arabist]</ref> Sfeir replied that he always considered "the Tunisian people as an example for the whole region" in terms of education, modernization and regional integration, as well as in the fight against religious fundamentalism".<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/editos/2009/10/26/01031-20091026ARTFIG00001-la-tunisie-rempart-contre-la-deferlante-integriste-dans-la-region-.php "La Tunisie, rempart contre la déferlante intégriste dans la région"], Antoine Sfeir, Le Figaro, 26 octobre 2009, l. 39 and 43.</ref> But in February 2011, Sfeir admitted that he was "heavily mistaken" on Tunisia and the Ben Ali regime.<ref>[https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-monde/20110218.RUE0942/auteur-d-une-apologie-de-ben-ali-antoine-sfeir-fait-son-mea-culpa.html Auteur d'une apologie de Ben Ali, Antoine Sfeir fait son mea culpa], ''L'Obs'', 18 February 2011.</ref>

Sfeir was made an Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Légion d'honneur : promotion du 14 juillet (II) |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2009/07/15/01016-20090715ARTFIG00210-legion-d-honneur-promotion-du-14-juillet-ii-.php |accessdate=1 October 2018 |work=FIGARO |date=15 July 2009 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He died on 1 October 2018.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/10/01/antoine-sfeir-specialiste-du-monde-arabe-et-musulman-est-mort_5362599_3382.html Antoine Sfeir, politologue spécialisé dans le monde arabe et musulman, est mort]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 02:32, 11 August 2024

Antoine Sfeir
Antoine Sfeir
Antoine Sfeir
Born(1948-11-25)25 November 1948
Beirut, Lebanon
Died1 October 2018(2018-10-01) (aged 69)
Paris, France
OccupationJournalist
NationalityFrench
Lebanese
Children3 daughters

Antoine Sfeir (25 November 1948 – 1 October 2018) was a Franco-Lebanese journalist.

Biography

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Sfeir was the editor of the French journal Les Cahiers de l'Orient (Notebooks from the East), a quarterly publication devoted to the Arab and Muslim world, and the president of the CERPO (Study and Research Center on the Middle East). A former professor of international relations at the CELSA (Paris-Sorbonne University) school, he was also president of the ILERI international relations school (Institut Libre d'Etude des Relations Internationales).[1]

On June 13, 1976, he was kidnapped by pro-Syrian militiamen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was held captive for seven days, during which he was tortured (bayonet in the back, blows with the butt on the fingers and in the jaw, torn nails). This episode pushed him to leave Lebanon to take refuge in France, where he arrived on September 3, 1976. His knowledge of Arab countries and the Muslim world means that he quickly becomes an expert solicited by French media to decipher current events in the Middle East.

A recognized expert on Islam,[2] Sfeir warned against the dangers of radicalism as soon as in the 2000s : "...foreign imams often found an all too willing audience in France's rundown immigrant suburbs. The kids there already watch Arab stations on satellite TV, with their bloodthirsty slogans and anti-western propaganda. They've already been totally radicalized."[3]

Sfeir wrote numerous books about Islam and the Middle East;[4][5] one of which was The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, translated by John King (Columbia University Press).[6] He was often interviewed about international affairs on television talkshows,[7] newspapers,[8] and Administration commissions.[9]

In his book Tunisie, terre de paradoxes[10] published in 2006, he was accused of supporting the regime of Ben Ali in particular by denying its police and authoritarian character.[11] Sfeir replied that he always considered "the Tunisian people as an example for the whole region" in terms of education, modernization and regional integration, as well as in the fight against religious fundamentalism".[12] But in February 2011, Sfeir admitted that he was "heavily mistaken" on Tunisia and the Ben Ali regime.[13]

Sfeir was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2009.[14] He died on 1 October 2018.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Nomination à l'ILERI : Antoine SFEIR, nouveau Président
  2. ^ Last published : Islam against Islam, the endless war between the Sunnites and the Shiites, Grasset, 2012
  3. ^ "France to train imams in 'French Islam'", The Guardian, 23 April 2004
  4. ^ Antoine Sfeir Amazon page
  5. ^ Antoine Sfeir Good reads page
  6. ^ The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism
  7. ^ Antoine Sfeir Imdb page
  8. ^ "As Europe watches Arab unrest, fears over oil, migration shade its response", The Christian Science Monitor, 22 February 2011
  9. ^ L'Islam en France, French Senate, You Tube, 3 February 2016
  10. ^ Tunisie, terre de paradoxes
  11. ^ Blog The Arabist
  12. ^ "La Tunisie, rempart contre la déferlante intégriste dans la région", Antoine Sfeir, Le Figaro, 26 octobre 2009, l. 39 and 43.
  13. ^ Auteur d'une apologie de Ben Ali, Antoine Sfeir fait son mea culpa, L'Obs, 18 February 2011.
  14. ^ "Légion d'honneur : promotion du 14 juillet (II)". FIGARO (in French). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  15. ^ Antoine Sfeir, politologue spécialisé dans le monde arabe et musulman, est mort
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