Caroline Fourest

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Caroline Fourest (born September 19, 1975 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French feminist writer, journalist, columnist (every Saturday in Le Monde until 14 July 2012 and every Friday on France Culture), editor of the magazine ProChoix (antiracist and secularist), and author of Frère Tariq, a critical look at the works of the Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan.

A graduate in sociology and political science,[1][2] as a journalist she has written many books on such topics as the conservative right, the pro-life movement (France and USA), and on current fundamentalist trends in Abrahamic religions (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim). She served as President of the Gay and Lesbian Center ("Centre Gay et Lesbien"), beginning in 1999.[3]

In March 2006, she signed MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism, a manifesto against Islamist Totalitarianism that gained wide publicity. The other 11 signatories include Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasreen, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

She has received several political awards for her work, including the National award of "Laïcité" in 2005, and the "Award of the political book" in 2006.[4]

She is member of the advisory board of the Anna Lindh Foundation, for dialogue between cultures.

She has been accused by Pascal Boniface[5] of constantly pointing the finger at the Muslim population. However, Fourest has also attacked FN politician Marine Le Pen in a book co-authored with Fiammetta Venner.[6]

In October 2012, Caroline Fourest was sentenced to pay a fine of 800 euros and 3300 euros in damages for libeling Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen and Franck Chauffroy in her biography entitled Marine Le Pen.[7] She was also convicted of libeling Frédéric Chatillon in January 2013.[8]

Books

  • Fourest, Caroline (2000). Faith against choice : the religious right and the prolife movement. Paris: Golias. 
  • Fourest, Caroline (2003). Crossfire : jewish, christian and muslim fanaticism against secularism. Paris: Calmann-Lévy. 
  • Fourest, Caroline (2008). Brother Tariq: The Doublespeak of Tariq Ramadan. New York: Encounter Books. p. 262 pages. ISBN 978-1-59403-215-8. 
  • Fourest, Caroline (2009). The last utopia : threats again universalism. Paris: Grasset. 
  • Fourest, Caroline; Taslima Nasrin (2010). Libres de le dire : Free to say it. Paris: Flammarion Lettres. p. 320 pages. ISBN 978-2-08-123300-3. 
  • Fourest, Caroline; Fiammetta Venner (2011). Marine Le Pen. Paris: Éditions Grasset. 

References

  1. ↑ L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales: Liste des mémoires soutenus 2002
  2. ↑ Observatoire des Journalistes et de l'Information Médiatique: Caroline Fourest, féministe virile
  3. ↑ McCaffrey, Enda (2005), The gay republic: sexuality, citizenship and subversion in France, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., p. 207, ISBN 0-7546-4502-9 
  4. ↑ Scott, Joan Wallach (2007), The politics of the veil, Princeton University Press, p. 175, ISBN 0-691-12543-0 
  5. ↑ Pascal Boniface, Les Intellectuels Faussaires, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch editeur, Paris, 2011. (ISBN : 978-2-35013-277-8)
  6. ↑ Fourest, Caroline; Fiammetta Venner (2011). Marine Le Pen. Paris: Éditions Grasset.  
  7. ↑ Le Pen : Fourest condamnée pour diffamation, Le Journal du Dimanche, October 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Caroline Fourest: féministe virile, Observatoire des Journalistes et de l'Information Médiatique.

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