What I believe 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 and so on 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