Counterjihad Timeline
A chronology of the Counterjihad movement.
Contents
2004
October
- 9 - Inaugural post on the Gates of Vienna blog by Baron Bodissey.[1]
2006
September
- Center for Vigilant Freedom and the 910 Group founded.[2]
December
- 11 - The US neoconservative group Middle East Forum appointed Paul Belien as director of Islamist Watch.[3]
- 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.[4]
2007
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.[5]
- 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. [6]
April
- 14 - UK and Scandinavia Counterjihad summit at the Workers' Museum in Copenhagen.[7]
June
- 16 - Pro Köln demonstration against a mosque in Cologne supported by Austrian Freedom Party and Vlaams Belang.[8]
September
October
- 18 - First Day of the Counterjihad Brussels Conference[10]
- 19 - Second Day of the Counterjihad Brussels Conference[11]
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."[12]
2008
May
June
- 15-16 "How Free is the University" conference in California organised by American Freedom Alliance.[14]
November
- 14 - Andrew Bostom interviewed by Alan Johnson for Democratiya.[15]
2009
May
- 16 - Opening day of Counterjihad Copenhagen 2009 conference.[16]
- 17 - Second day of Counterjihad Copenhagen 2009 conference.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
2010
June
- 12 - Counterjihad Zurich 2010 conference.[20]
Notes
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, The Newest Phase of a Very Old War, Gates of Vienna, 9 October 2004.
- ↑ CVF News, Center for Vigilant Freedom, via the Internet Archive, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Slouching Towards Copenhagen, 23 May 2009.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Slouching Towards Copenhagen, 23 May 2009.
- ↑ Final List of Participants, Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Religion or Belief, OSCE, accessed 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Robert Spencer, Spencer at Human Rights Rally in Europe, Jihad Watch, 3 October 2009.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Slouching Towards Zurich, Gates of Vienna, 16 June 2010.
