Debout Les Belges! (Belgians, Rise up!) is a far-right[1][2] political group in Belgium, founded and led by Belgian MP Laurent Louis, who was previously associated with the Islamist party ISLAM.

The group is associated with French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and the quenelle gesture which he has popularized, often considered a subversive allusion to the Nazi salute.[3] Although its leader has recently criticized Alain Soral, another important leader of Reconciliation Nationale.[4] The group has been accused of antisemitism and a planned gathering of notable anti-Zionists organized by Louis was banned in 2014.[3][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Belgium: Mayor bans and then disperses anti-Semitic, ultra-right assembly". ROMEA. 6 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Holocaust denier ordered to visit concentration camps and write about them". Washington Post. September 25, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Belgium bans 'anti-Semitic hatefest'".
  4. ↑ "Laurent LOUIS - Debout Les Belges officiel".
  5. ↑ "The leader of "Debout Les Belges!," far-right lawmaker Laurent Louis (C) perform the 'quenelle' gesture ahead of the anti-Semitic congress, "First European Conference of Dissidence", organised by Chamber member Laurent Louis in Anderlecht, outside Brussel". Archived from the original on May 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Belgium: Riot Police Disperse Anti-Semitic Rally".

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