Rene Stadtkewitz
Rene Stadtkewitz is a German anti-Islam activist reportedly described as ‘the German Geert Wilders’.[1]
He founded the German Die Freiheit (Freedom) party in 2010, has been described as 'deputy chairman' of Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa' and was also a member of the Berlin state parliament.[1]
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Activities
2009
Stadtkewitz addressed a Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa (BPE) coference rally in Berlin on 3 October 2009.
2010
Stadtkewitz organised a visit to Berlin by Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom on 2 October 2010.
Two months later he spoke at the International Congress on the Islamisation of Europe, a conference organised by French group Bloc Identitaire (BI), in Paris on 18 December 2010.
Israel visit with far right European party leaders
On 2 December 2010 Stadtkewitz attended a European Alliance for Freedom (EAF) conference in Jerusalem.[2] with a counterjihad delegation that included "Filip de Winter of the Vlaams Belang; Heinz Christian Strache of FPO and Paul Weston, leader of the British Liberty GB party.[3] Haaretz columnist Adar Primor, described the visit as part of "the very unholy alliance between figures on Israel's right and extreme nationalists and even anti-Semites in Europe that is gaining momentum in the Holy Land."[4]
2011
He also spoke at a Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) annual 9/11 Freedom Rally in New York on 11 September 2011.[1]
Affiliations
- Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa - Deputy chairman
- Die Freiheit - Founder and chairman (since 2010)
- Cities Against Islamisation (CAI) - 'supporter since 2008'[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hope Not Hate, Rene Stadtkewitz, Counterjihad Movement: Germany, accessed 19 January 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Counterjihad Movement: the global trend feeding anti-Muslim hate, Hope Not Hate, 2011, p62.
- ↑ Paul Weston, The Metaphorical Front Line of Islam, Gates of Vienna, 5 December 2010.
- ↑ Adar Primor, The unholy alliance between Israel's Right and Europe's anti-Semites, Haaretz, 12 December 2010.
