The counter-jihad movement in France consists of various organisations and individuals such as Riposte Laïque and Republican Resistance, led by Pierre Cassen and Christine Tasin respectively,[1] Observatory on Islamisation,[2] and other groups such as those founded by Alain Wagner.
[3][4] The movement has cooperated with the Bloc Identitaire, Daniel Pipes and the Middle East Forum,[1] Stop Islamisation of Europe,[5] and has organised events such as the "Apéro Géant: saucisson et pinard", a happy hour gathering of wine and deli meat cold cuts whose ingredients include pork.
[10] The group's most important event was the "Conference Against the Islamisation of our Countries" in 2010, which featured 24 international speakers, including Oskar Freysinger, Pascal Hilout, René Marchand, Tommy Robinson, Carl Pincemin, Christian Vanneste, Timo Vermeulen and Anne Zelensky.
[13] In 2010 he published his second book, Ces Maires qui courtisent l'islamisme, which deals with the relations between politicians and Islamist associations, in particular the public funding that the latter obtain through electoral clientelism.
[12][14] Jean-Michel Clément, better known as Alain Wagner, is a French counter-jihad activist who has been linked to several counter-jihad groups, including as the founder of L’Alliance FFL ("Alliance to Stop Sharia") and Vérité, Valeurs et Démocratie ("Truth, Values and Democracy") and as leader of Union de Défense des Citoyens et Contribuables ("Union of Defence of Citizens and Taxpayers").