Michel Gurfinkiel

Michel Gurfinkiel (born August 1, 1948 in Paris ) is a French publicist and political advisor. He became known as a critic of Islam . His theses on a possible Islamization of France led to controversy.

life and work

Gurfinkiel comes from a Jewish-French family . He works for various international newspapers. He mainly publishes in the Valeurs Actuelles . He has published articles on Le Spectacle du Monde , Commentary , The Wall Street Journal , The New York Sun , The Middle East Quarterly , The Weekly Standard, and The Jerusalem Post . Since 2003 he has been director of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute (JJRI) for geopolitics .

Positions

He became known to the general public about his theses about a possible Islamization of France . According to Gurfinkiel's theses, the French nation- state would have outlived itself as an idea. Rather, the diversity of the population and their religions would lead to a Balkanization of the country. In a few decades France would be comparable to today's Lebanon . The traditional separation of religion and state in France would also be softened by politics.

Publications

• Israël, geopolitique d'une paix. Editions Michalon, 1996, ISBN 2-7028-1957-5 .
• Le Retour de la Russie. avec Vladimir Fedorovski , O. Jacob, 2001, ISBN 2-7381-0744-3 .
• La Cuisson du homard: réflexion intempestive sur la nouvelle guerre d'Israël. Michalon, 2001, ISBN 2-84186-152-X .
• Le Roman d'Odessa. Ed. du Rocher, 2005, ISBN 2-268-05309-1 .
• Le testament d'Ariel Sharon. Ed. du Rocher, 2006, ISBN 2-268-05861-1 .
• Le Roman d'Israël. Ed. du Rocher, 2008, ISBN 978-2-268-06441-3 .
• Un devoir de mémoire. Ed. Alphée-J.-P. Bertrand, 2008, ISBN 978-2-7538-0353-4 .

credentials

• Gurfinkiel's website
• Website of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute (JJRI) for geopolitics

Press articles

• Jaques Schuster: "Similar to Lebanon" - as the journalist Michel Gurfinkiel sees the future of France. In: The world. March 16, 2006.
• Mariam Lau: Let's show strength. The fight against hatred of Jews has long been a basic consensus of Western societies - debate. In: The world. April 28, 2004.
• Jacques Schuster : New harmony. In: The world. December 5, 2005.
• Michel Gurfinkiel: Islam in France: The French Way of Life Is in Danger. In: Middle East Quarterly. March 1997, Vol. IV, No. 1, pp. 19-29.
• Michel Gurfinkiel: France's Le Pen To Strike a Deal With Muslims. In: NYSun. February 17, 2006.