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[[Image:C.Tasin_.png||200px|thumb|right|Christine Tasin, Source: [http://www.ndf.fr/nos-breves/20-12-2014/lislam-est-une-saloperie-relaxe-de-christine-tasin-video/ NDF.fr] ]] | [[Image:C.Tasin_.png||200px|thumb|right|Christine Tasin, Source: [http://www.ndf.fr/nos-breves/20-12-2014/lislam-est-une-saloperie-relaxe-de-christine-tasin-video/ NDF.fr] ]] | ||
| − | '''Christine Tasin''' is a French counterjihad activist and as of February 2015 was | + | '''Christine Tasin''' is a French counterjihad activist and as of February 2015 was president of the organisation [[Résistance Républicaine]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | According to the right-wing news site [[Breitbart]], Tasin is a 58-year old retired school | + | According to the right-wing news site [[Breitbart]], Tasin is a 58-year old retired school teacher.<ref name="Lane">Oliver Lane, [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/22/court-of-appeal-overturns-conviction-of-woman-prosecuted-for-insulting-islam/ COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS CONVICTION OF WOMAN PROSECUTED FOR INSULTING ISLAM], Breitbart News, 22 December 2014, accessed 3 February 2015</ref> |
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====Financial support from North American neocons==== | ====Financial support from North American neocons==== | ||
| − | Right-wing news site [[Breitbart]] reports that her appeal was supported by [[Daniel Pipes]] | + | Right-wing news site [[Breitbart]] reports that her appeal was supported by [[Daniel Pipes]] US-based [[Legal Project]], part of his [[Middle East Forum]].<ref name="Lane"/> |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 7 August 2016
Christine Tasin is a French counterjihad activist and as of February 2015 was president of the organisation Résistance Républicaine.
Contents
History
According to the right-wing news site Breitbart, Tasin is a 58-year old retired school teacher.[1]
Activities
Books
Tasin co-authored with Pierre Cassen an anti-'Islamisation' book Assises Internationales sur L’Islamisation de nos Pays in 2011.[2]
Demonstrations
Her group Résistance Républicaine works closely with Cassen's organisation Riposte Laïque. The two organisations called a joint demo for 18 January 2015, inspired by the PEGIDA rallies in Germany.[3]
Conviction and appeal
A French court convicted Tasin of was convicted inciting violence against Muslims, after she called Islam a 'cesspit'. She also reportedly protested against a 'temporary tent-abattoir set up in a car-park near a hospital to ritually slaughter animals for Eid'. She was issued with a €4,500 fine and handed a three month jail sentence. However, her conviction was overturned on appeal in December 2014.[1]
Financial support from North American neocons
Right-wing news site Breitbart reports that her appeal was supported by Daniel Pipes US-based Legal Project, part of his Middle East Forum.[1]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oliver Lane, COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS CONVICTION OF WOMAN PROSECUTED FOR INSULTING ISLAM, Breitbart News, 22 December 2014, accessed 3 February 2015
- ↑ Hope Not Hate, Riposte Laïque, Counterjihad Report: France, accessed 3 February 2015
- ↑ Will anti-Islam protests take off in France?, The Local, 6 January 2015
