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Revision as of 23:01, 28 August 2011
A chronology of the Counterjihad movement.
2004
October
- 9 - Inaugural post on the Gates of Vienna blog by Baron Bodissey.[1]
2005
June
- Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark founded according to Anders Gravers.[2]
2006
January
May
- 7 - Ted Ekeroth receives one of the 2006 Herzl Awards from the World Zionist Organisation.[4]
September
- Center for Vigilant Freedom and the 910 Group founded.[5]
- 13 - Lee Kaplan article in FrontPageMag on the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement based on the activities of infiltrator Paul Renato, later revealed to be identical with Paul Ray.[6][7][8]
December
- 11 - The US neoconservative group Middle East Forum appointed Paul Belien as director of Islamist Watch.[9]
- 12 - The website of the Center for Vigilant Freedom (which now redirects to the rebranded International Civil Liberties Alliance) was registered on this date by Christine Brim.[10]
2007
January
- 9 - Pamela Geller interviewed Paul Ray on BlogTalk Radio.[11]
March
- According to the Center for Vigilant Freedom, CVF chapters "began to meet locally and organize public education campaigns in several nations and U.S. states" by this month.[12]
- 1 - The Center for Vigilant Freedom was set up as a non-stock incorporated company, Center for Vigilant Freedom Incorporated, on this date under Corporation ID number 0670082-7. The registration agent for the company was Christine Brim. [13]
April
- 14 - UK and Scandinavia Counterjihad summit at the Workers' Museum in Copenhagen.[14]
June
- 16 - Pro Köln demonstration against a mosque in Cologne supported by Austrian Freedom Party and Vlaams Belang.[15]
September
October
- 18 - First Day of the Counterjihad Brussels Conference[17]
- 19 - Second Day of the Counterjihad Brussels Conference[18]
November
- 22 - Christine Brim of the Center for Vigilant Freedom writes of European far right parties: "If such parties specifically state pro-Israel positions, and take real actions opposing anti-semitism and disavowing previous positions - and reach out to Jewish constituents and encourage Jewish participation in party positions - these are real actions to observe, and to approve."[19]
2008
January
- 9 - Phyllis Chesler interviews Paul Ray for Pajamas Media.[20]
- 17 - Cities against Islamization launched by Filip Dewinter of the Vlaams Belang party at a conference in Antwerp.[21]
May
June
- 15-16 "How Free is the University" conference in California organised by American Freedom Alliance.[23]
November
- 14 - Andrew Bostom interviewed by Alan Johnson for Democratiya.[24]
December
- 14 - Arieh Eldad and Ariel Center for Policy Research host Geert Wilders at Facing Jihad conference in Jerusalem.[25]
2009
January
- 1 International Free Press Society founded.[26]
February
- 27 - the International Free Press Society sponsored an event for Geert Wilders at the National Press Club in Washington DC.[27]
March
- 10 - Muslim extremists demonstrate at the homecoming of the Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton on 28 August 2011.[28]
April
- 13 - An illegal protest against Muslim 'hate preachers' takes place in Luton.[29]
- 26 - The Florida Security Council Free Speech Summit takes place in South Florida. The event includes a question and answer session with Geert Wilders and a screening of his film Fitna.[30]
May
- 16 - Opening day of Counterjihad Copenhagen 2009 conference.[31]
- 17 - Second day of Counterjihad Copenhagen 2009 conference.[32]
- 29-30 - Geert Wilders was due to speak by video at the New English Review symposium entitled Understanding the Jihad in Israel, Europe and America, at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville.[33] The event was cancelled by Loews Managing Director Thomas Negri "for the health, safety and well-being of our guests and employees."[34]
July
- 9-10 - Counterjihad groups International Civil Liberties Alliance and Mission Europa represented at OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Vienna.[35]
- Circa 17 - Martin Mawyer and Jason Campbell of the Christian Action Network interview three members of the English Defence League for a documentary..[36]
- 19 - Robert Spencer arrives in Britain to take part in Mawyer's documentary.[37]
- Circa 19 - Mawyer invited the EDL to a meeting a few days later at the George Pub in Crossharbour East London, where those present included Campbell, Spencer, Douglas Murray of the Centre for Social Cohesion, Adrian Morgan of Family Security Matters and Paul Weston. Spencer and Murray later said they had refused to have anything to do with the EDL, a claim which was backed by several of the others present.[38]
September
- 6 - Alan Lake spoke at a seminar organised organised by Kent Ekeroth of the Sweden Democrats in Malmö.[39]
- 12 - Guardian reports that Alan Lake is advising the English Defence League.[40]
- 24 - Metropolitan Police Chief Constable Sir Paul Stephenson said the EDL and Stop the Islamisation of Europe were not extreme right-wing groups and could not be barred from protesting:
- “the concern to me is how groups like that either willingly or unwillingly allow themselves to be exploited by very extreme rightwing groups like the National Front and the British Freedom Fighters”.[41]
- 25 - Launch of Stop Islamization of America [42]
October
- 3 - Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa hosted a rally in Berlin on 3 October 2009, at which speakers included Robert Spencer, Renè Stadtkewitz, Michael Höhne-Pattberg, Willi Schwend and Achim Swietlik.[43]
- 23 - Paul Ray posted pictures of himself with German neo-Nazi Nick Greger holding up t-shirts emblazoned with a UDA logo and a picture of loyalist Johnny Adair, a friend of Greger's.[44][45]
November
- 14 - Scottish Defence League holds first demonstration in Glasgow.[46]
December
- 13 - Stop Islamisation of Europe demo in Harrow, London. English Defence League youth organiser Joel Titus will later be cautioned for assaulting a photographer.[47][48]
2010
February
- 19 - Freedom Defense Initiative sponsors "Jihad: The Political Third Rail" panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference.[49]
May
- 4 - American Freedom Defense Initiative incorporated.
June
- 6 - No Mosque at Ground Zero rally in New York sponsored by Stop the Islamization of America[50]
- 12 - Counterjihad Zurich 2010 conference.[51]
- 29 - English Defence League posts first press release from the "EDL Jewish Division."[52]
2011
February
- 5 Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff addressed an English Defence League (EDL) demonstration in Luton, UK, and expressed her support for the EDL.[53]
July
- 25 - English Defence League leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon convicted of "using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour". [54]
August
- 5 - Counterjihad blogger Peder Jensen announces he is abandoning his "Fjordman" pseudonym after being cited by Anders Breivik.[55]
Notes
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, The Newest Phase of a Very Old War, Gates of Vienna, 9 October 2004.
- ↑ UK and Scandinavia Counterjihad Summit, Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark, 15 April 2007,accessed via the Internet Archive 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Andrea Elliott, The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement, New York Times, 30 July 2011.
- ↑ Herzl Award Recipients 2006, World Zionist Organisation, 7 May 2006.
- ↑ CVF News, Center for Vigilant Freedom, via the Internet Archive, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Lee Kaplan, The ISM-Terror Connection, FrontPageMagazine.com, 13 September 2006.
- ↑ ISM Responds to Internet Photos, Reaffirms Commitment to Non-violence, International Solidarity Movement, 16 September 2006.
- ↑ Part 1 - "The International Solidarity Movement unmasked", Lionheart, 24 February 2007.
- ↑ Paul Belien Appointed Director of Islamist Watch, Middle East Forum, 11 December 2006.
- ↑ Copy of Who is record for VigilantFreedom.org, from Domain Tool, 4 June 2009
- ↑ Atlas and LIONHEART, blogtalkradio, 9 January 2007.
- ↑ CVF News, Center for Vigilant Freedom, via the Internet Archive, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Clerk's Information System, Virginia State Corporation Commission, accessed 14 December 2008.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Report on the Counterjihad Summit, Gates of Vienna, 19 April 2007.
- ↑ Anna Reiman, Far-Right Mobilizes against Cologne Mega-Mosque, Der Spiegel, 19 June 2007.
- ↑ Police arrest 2 far-right Belgian leaders at anti-Islam 9/11 protest, Associated Press, 11 September 2007, accessed via the Internet Archive on 17 August 2011.
- ↑ CounterJihad Brussels 2007 Conference, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ CounterJihad Brussels 2007 Conference, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Haaretz: Jews for Le Pen, Centre for Vigilant Freedom, 22 November 2007, via the Internet Archive.
- ↑ A Profile in Courage: An Interview with "Lionheart," The British Blogger in Hiding, by Phyllis Chesler, Chesler Chronicles, Pajamas Media, 9 January 2008.
- ↑ Conference 'Cities against Islamization', Cities against Islamisation, 18 January 2008.
- ↑ Dymphna, Counterjihad Vienna 2008, Gates of Vienna, 12 May 2008.
- ↑ Program - How Free is the University - an International Conference, American Freedom Alliance, accessed, 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Interview with Andrew G. Bostom/Islam and Anti-Semitism, by Alan Johnson, Democratiya, Winter 2008. Accessed via the internet Archive, 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Schedule, Facing Jihad: A Lawmakers' Summit, accessed via the Internet Archive, 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Policy Statement, International Free Press Society, 1 January 2009, accessed via the Internet Archive, 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Daniel Luban and Eli Clifton, POLITICS: Dutch Foe of Islam Ignores US Allies' Far Right Ties, Inter Press Service, 28 February 2009.
- ↑ Gerry Gable, Simon Cressy and Tom Woodson, A hot August?, Searchlight, August 2009.
- ↑ Sally Anne Johnson, Luton Today, 14 April 2009.
- ↑ Events, Florida Security Council, accessed 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Slouching Towards Copenhagen, 23 May 2009.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Slouching Towards Copenhagen, 23 May 2009.
- ↑ New English Review Symposium, New English Review, accessed 15 May 2009.
- ↑ Muslim Group Shuts Down Conservative Conference, Newsmax.com, 28 May 2009.
- ↑ Final List of Participants, Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Religion or Belief, OSCE, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Robert Spencer, Libelblogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs digs deeper, adding new lies to his original ones, JihadWatch, 9 September 2009.
- ↑ Robert Spencer, Oh to be in England, JihadWatch, 19 August 2009.
- ↑ Robert Spencer, Libelblogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs digs deeper, adding new lies to his original ones, JihadWatch, 9 September 2009.
- ↑ Seminar about islamization, speaker Alan Lake, part 1, Youtube, uploaded 10 October 2009, accessed 12 October 2009.
- ↑ Robert Booth, Matthew Taylor and Paul Lewis, English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets, The Guardian, 12 September 2009.
- ↑ James Boxell, Police play down threat from far right, Financial Times, 24 September 2009.
- ↑ Richard Bartholomew New Anti-Islam Group, Same Old Faces Bartholomew's Notes on Religion Posted on September 27, 2009
- ↑ Robert Spencer, Spencer at Human Rights Rally in Europe, Jihad Watch, 3 October 2009.
- ↑ Paul Ray, A United European & International Christian defence force, Lionheart, 23 October 2009.
- ↑ Richard Bartholomew, Paul Ray Identifies with Northern Ireland Loyalist Groups, 23 October 2009.
- ↑ David Leask, Far-right extremists contained amid anti-war marches, Scotland on Sunday, 15 November 2009.
- ↑ Marc Vallée, EDL & PRESS FREEDOM, marcvallee.co.uk, 15 December 2009.
- ↑ Phone call to Metropolitan Police Press Bureau, 9.40pm, 18 December 2009.
- ↑ Eli Clifton, CPAC’s Third Rail, Lobelog, 19 February 2010.
- ↑ SIOA “NO MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO” JUNE 6 RALLY (VIDEOS AND PICTURES), No Mosques at Ground Zero, 7 June 2010.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Slouching Towards Zurich, Gates of Vienna, 16 June 2010.
- ↑ Morrigan Emmaleth and Cassandra Victoria, EDL Jewish Division Issues First Press Release, EDL, 29 June 2010
- ↑ Video and Photos of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff Addressing the English Defence League Demonstration, 5 February 2011, accessed 8 February 2011.
- ↑ EDL founder Stephen Lennon guilty over football brawl, BBC News, 25 July 2011.
- ↑ Morten Hopperstad, Marianne Vikås, Rolf J. Widerøe, Dennis Ravndal, Hans Henrik Torgersen, Jarle Brenna and Gordon Andersen Breivik's political idol «Fjordman» emerges from anonymity, VG, 5 August 2011.
