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'''Christine Tasin''' is a French counterjihad activist and as of February 2015 was President of the organisation [[Résistance Républicaine]]. | '''Christine Tasin''' is a French counterjihad activist and as of February 2015 was President of the organisation [[Résistance Républicaine]]. | ||
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| + | 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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| + | ==Activities== | ||
| + | ===Books=== | ||
Tasin co-authored with [[Pierre Cassen]]an anti-'Islamisation' book ''Assises Internationales sur L’Islamisation de nos Pays'' in 2011.<ref name="HnH">Hope Not Hate, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/France#id-31 Riposte Laïque], Counterjihad Report: France, accessed 3 February 2015</ref> | Tasin co-authored with [[Pierre Cassen]]an anti-'Islamisation' book ''Assises Internationales sur L’Islamisation de nos Pays'' in 2011.<ref name="HnH">Hope Not Hate, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/France#id-31 Riposte Laïque], Counterjihad Report: France, accessed 3 February 2015</ref> | ||
| + | ===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.<ref name="local">[http://www.thelocal.fr/20150106/anti-islam-pegida-movement-to-france Will anti-Islam protests take off in France?], The Local, 6 January 2015</ref> | 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.<ref name="local">[http://www.thelocal.fr/20150106/anti-islam-pegida-movement-to-france Will anti-Islam protests take off in France?], The Local, 6 January 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | ===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 overturned on appeal in December 2014.<ref name="Lane"/> | ||
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| + | Right-wing news site [[Breitbart]] reports that her appeal was supported by [[Daniel Pipes]] U.S.-based [[Legal Project]].<ref name="Lane"/> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
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*[[Riposte Laïque]] | *[[Riposte Laïque]] | ||
*[[Résistance Républicaine]] | *[[Résistance Républicaine]] | ||
| + | *[[Legal Project]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 3 February 2015
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 Cassenan 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 overturned on appeal in December 2014.[1]
Right-wing news site Breitbart reports that her appeal was supported by Daniel Pipes U.S.-based Legal Project.[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
