Roger Garaudy is a French author and philosopher, and former communist who has converted to Islam. He wrote The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics, a book which has been considered revisionist. He was charged, tried and convicted in France for having written the book, and fined.
He is also known to be a friend of Abbé Pierre.
He has written over 20 books, including:
- Do we need God? (Avons-nous besoin de Dieu?)
- God is dead (Dieu est mort)
- The grandeur and decadences of Islam
- Islam and integrism
- Call to the living
- Who do you say that I am?
- Towards a war of religion
