Oskar Freysinger Explained

Oskar Freysinger
Constituency Mp:Valais
Parliament:National Council of Switzerland
Term Start:1 December 2003
Term End:29 November 2015
Birth Date:12 June 1960
Birth Place:Sierre, Switzerland
Party:Swiss People's Party
Spouse:Ghislaine Héritier
Children:3
Alma Mater:University of Fribourg
Rank:Appointé

Oskar Freysinger (born 12 June 1960) is a Swiss author and former politician for the Swiss People's Party, who served as a member of the National Council of Switzerland from 2003 to 2015.[1]

Background

Freysinger was born in Sierre.[2] He studied at a German-speaking school in Sion, and later studied German literature and philosophy, and French literature, obtaining a teaching degree in 1985. He studied at the University of Fribourg. He has taught at the Lycée-Collège de la Planta since 1987.[3] He is married to Ghislaine Héritier and has three children.

Political career

From 1997 and 2001, Freysinger was a communal counselor at Savièse for the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. He co-founded the Valaisan branch of the Swiss People's Party, which he headed from 1999 to 2002. He became a member of the cantonal parliament of Valais from 2001 to 2003, and of the National Council of Switzerland from 2003 until 2015.

His main proposals include the revocation of article 261 bis; hold naturalisation by popular vote; expulsion of foreigners convicted of crimes; and strict regulation of drugs. He has been considered "a leading anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic figure on the European scene".[4]

Freysinger played a crucial role in the 2009 Swiss minaret referendum to ban Islamic mosque minarets, and he participated in a counter-jihad conference in Paris in 2010.[5] [6] [7] He has also been on the board of advisors of the counter-jihad organisation Stop Islamization of Nations (SION).[8] [9] [10] He sees Islam as essentially a political religion and therefore subject to secular law.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oskar Freysinger . Federal Assembly. 8 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Freysinger Oskar. https://web.archive.org/web/20100129075014/http://www.parlament.ch/f/suche/pages/biografie.aspx?biografie_id=1127 . 29 January 2010. Federal Assembly.
  3. Web site: Présentation. https://web.archive.org/web/20091212095104/http://www.ofreysinger.ch/politic/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=2 . 12 December 2009. ofreysinger.ch.
  4. ‘Secular Retaliation’: A Case Study of Integralist Populism, Anti-Muslim Discourse, and (Il)liberal Discourse on Secularism in Contemporary France. Per-Erik. Nilsson. 87-106. 2015. 10.1080/21567689.2015.1012160. Politics, Religion & Ideology . 16. 1.
  5. Book: Hannus, Martha. Counterjihadrörelsen– en del av den antimuslimska miljön. 47. 2012. Expo Research. Swedish.
  6. News: The rise of the far right in Europe. Katie. Engelhart. Maclean's. 30 November 2013.
  7. News: Freysinger Feted As a Hero At Paris Counterjihad Conference on 18 December 2010. 24 December 2010. International Civil Liberties Alliance.
  8. Book: Berntzen, Lars Erik. Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism: The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century. 50. 2019. Routledge. 9781000707960.
  9. Book: Othen, Christopher. Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. 271. 2018. Amberley. 9781445678009.
  10. Web site: Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) Calls on UN to Protect Christians of Syria . . Reuters . 2012-01-20 . 2014-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222544/https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS122494+20-Jan-2012+PRN20120120 . 2013-12-02 .
  11. News: Oskar Freysinger, le pourfendeur des minarets. Feb 12, 2009. Le Figaro. Stéphane Kovacs. fr. October 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130623065912/http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2009/12/02/01003-20091202ARTFIG00055-oskar-freysinger-le-pourfendeur-des-minarets-.php. June 23, 2013. live. mdy-all.

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