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Introduction -- The early years -- A Muslim, and a "controversial intellectual" -- Several fronts, two universes, one discourse -- Interacting crises -- Swift evolutions, silent revolutions -- Multiple identities: first an American (a European, an Australian) or a Muslim? -- Western Islam: religion and culture -- "Cultural" muslims, reformists, literalists, etc -- Advances -- Challenges -- The issue of women -- The sense of belonging and the "post-integration" approach -- Socio-political issues, the media -- The roots of Europe; and of the West -- Reform and the seven "Cs" -- The West and its mirror: a new "we" -- Criticisms and oppositions -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Thierry -- Appendix II: manifesto for a new "we".