- Caroline Fourest
Caroline Fourest (born
September 19 1975 inAix-en-Provence ) is a Frenchfeminist writer, journalist, editor of the magazine "Prochoix," and author of "Frère Tariq" (Brother Tariq), a critical look at the works of the Muslimintellectual 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.In March 2006, she signed , 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 , andAyaan Hirsi Ali received death threats [http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/2006/03/16/443] .She has received several awards for her work, including the National award of "Laïcité" in 2005, and the "Award of the political book" in 2006.
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*cite book |last=Fourest |first=Caroline |title= |publisher=Encounter Books |location=New York |year=2008 |pages=262 pages |isbn=978-159403215-8 |oclc= |doi=External links
* [http://www.city-journal.org/2008/bc0229iw.html Ibn Warraq reviews Fourest's "Brother Tariq: The Doublespeak of Tariq Ramadan"]
* [http://www.lexpress.fr/info/societe/dossier/mosquees/dossier.asp?ida=429895 Extracts from "Frère Tariq"]
* [http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/en The blog of her review, Prochoix, in english]
* [http://lark.phoblacht.net/AM1406067g.html A resume about her work on Tariq Ramadan]
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