Caroline Fourest
Caroline Fourest (born September 19, 1975 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French feminist writer, journalist, columnist (every Saturday in Le Monde and every Friday on France culture), editor of the magazine "ProChoix" (antiracist and secularist), and author of Frère Tariq (Brother Tariq), a critical look at the works of the Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan.
A graduate in sociology and political science, 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 Gai et Lesbien"), beginning in 1999.[1]
In March 2006, she signed MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism, a manifesto against Islamist Totalitarianism that gained wide publicity and for which she and the other 11 signatories, including Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasreen, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats.[2]
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.[3]
She is member of the advisory board of the Anna Lindh foundation, for dialogue between cultures.
Caroline Fourest has also faced some criticism, most notably from Didier Lestrade[4] and best-selling author in France Pascal Boniface[5] who accuse her of constantly pointing the finger at the muslim population.
[edit] Books
- Fourest, Caroline (2000). Faith against choice : the religious right and the prolife movement. Paris: Golias.
- Fourest, Caroline (2003). Crossefire : 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 978-159403215-8.
- 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 978-2081233003.
[edit] References
- ^ McCaffrey, Enda (2005), The gay republic: sexuality, citizenship and subversion in France, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., p. 207, ISBN 0754645029
- ^ Death Threats against the "manifesto of the twelve"
- ^ Scott, Joan Wallach (2007), The politics of the veil, Princeton University Press, p. 175, ISBN 0691125430
- ^ Les minarets ou la Dernière Utopie
- ^ Pascal Boniface, Les Intellectuels Faussaires, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch editeur, Paris, 2011. (ISBN : 978-2-35013-277-8)
[edit] External links
- Caroline Fourest's blog (in French)
- The blog of her review, ProChoix, in english
- Brother Tariq on Amazon
- Columns on Alliance of Civilizations's web site
- The two faces of Tariq Ramadan (by Caroline Fourest)
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