Christine Tasin

Christine Tasin (born 24 January 1955) is a French anti-Islam writer, activist and founder of the Republican Resistance.

[3][4][5] Tasin is an atheist and comes from a politically leftist background,[1] having been a member of the Socialist Party (PS) and the Citizen and Republican Movement (MRC).

[1][7] As a counter-jihad activist,[8] she founded the Republican Resistance in 2010,[1] which organises social gatherings and demonstrations together with Riposte Laïque.

[6] In 2010 she notably helped organise a "wine and pork aperitif" event in a heavily Muslim neighbourhood in Paris.

[1][6] She has later participated in Pegida demonstrations in Germany,[9] and in the Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms (SIEL) political party together with Renaud Camus among others.

Tasin speaking at a rally in 2015