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Cameroonian footballer Samuel Eto'o (R) is presented with the Medal of Tolerance by President of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR), Moshe Kantor at a gala in London, on March 9, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL)
March 10, 2015, 7:55 pm
Soccer star lauded for tolerance efforts defends ‘quenelle’ saluter
Samuel Eto’o says disgraced colleague Nicolas Anelka is a ‘dear friend’ and ‘very far from racist things’
By JTA
Anti-Semitic French comic Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
January 14, 2015, 5:06 pm
Anti-Semitic French comedian’s arrest sparks free speech debate
Dieudonne, who has multiple convictions for inciting racial hatred against Jews, is one of 54 suspects investigated for ‘condoning terrorism’ since Paris attacks
By Marianne Barriaux
A supporter of French comic Dieudonne Mbala Mbala displays a t-shirt with his image, in front of Zenith Area in Nantes, western France, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP/David Vincent)
May 4, 2014, 8:16 pm
Brussels police disperse rally supporting banned far-right event
Water cannon used against crowd protesting cancelation of ‘anti-Semitic hate-fest’ featuring quenelle inventor
By AFP
Yannick Sagbo (photo credit: Yannick Bouvard/Wikipedia)
April 22, 2014, 7:12 pm
UK soccer player fined over ‘quenelle’ comments
Yannick Sagbo rebuked for expressing approval of anti-Semitic gesture performed by another player, Nicolas Anelka
By AFP
West Bromwich Albion's French striker Nicolas Anelka celebrates with a quenelle after scoring a goal, Dec. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AFP/Ian Kington)
April 4, 2014, 6:49 pm
Soccer star Anelka: Jewish wife controls French PM
Former French national player was fired from his British soccer team last week for quenelle salute
By JTA
West Bromwich Albion's French striker Nicolas Anelka celebrates with a quenelle after scoring a goal, Dec. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AFP/Ian Kington)
March 14, 2014, 9:23 pm
Anelka quits soccer club following quenelle ban
Former French national player tweets that he will not accept ‘certain conditions’ required of him to rejoin West Brom
By AP
The Belgian futsal team during a match against Poland (YouTube screen grab)
March 4, 2014, 11:32 pm
Belgian athlete suspended for anti-Semitic quenelle move
Omar Rahou, 21, banned by UEFA from taking part in 10 games of futsal, a variant of soccer
By JTA
French soccer star Nicolas Anelka performing the quenelle, a Nazi-like salute, after scoring a goal at a match in London, December 28, 2013. (photo credit: Christopher Lee/Getty Images/via JTA)
February 27, 2014, 8:33 pm
Anelka gets five-match ban for ‘quenelle’
French soccer player still denies gesture was anti-Semitic or that he is a racist
By AFP
Illustrative photo of anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne performing the anti-Semitic quenelle gesture (screen capture: YouTube)
February 9, 2014, 12:23 pm
French comic with disputed ‘Nazi’ gesture defiant
‘It’s a gesture of emancipation, of panache,’ says Dieudonne, now facing an eighth trial for inciting hatred against Jews
By AP and ToI Staff
Anti-Semitic French comic Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
February 7, 2014, 5:26 pm
French court acquits Dieudonne over anti-Semitic video
Tribunal cannot prove that controversial comedian is behind the publication of a clip calling for release of murderer
By ToI Staff
Anti-Semitic French comic Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
February 3, 2014, 10:12 pm
UK declares Dieudonne persona non grata
Anti-Semitic French comedian, originator of the Nazi-like ‘quenelle’ gesture, banned from entering Britain
By ToI Staff
A young man displays the quenelle in front of the main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
January 24, 2014, 7:04 pm
Does French Jewry’s leader think fighting quenelle is futile?
Roger Cukierman has called the gesture a Nazi salute, and said it’s neither worrisome or punishable. Confused?
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French soccer star Nicolas Anelka performing the quenelle, a Nazi-like salute, after scoring a goal at a match in London, December 28, 2013. (photo credit: Christopher Lee/Getty Images/via JTA)
January 23, 2014, 11:47 pm
‘Quenelle’ soccer star denies anti-Semitism charges
Nicolas Anelka faces a minimum five-game ban for making the salute, loses support of French Jewish leader
By AP and ToI Staff
French soccer star Nicolas Anelka performing the quenelle, a Nazi-like salute, after scoring a goal at a match in London, December 28, 2013. (photo credit: Christopher Lee/Getty Images/via JTA)
January 23, 2014, 6:46 pm
French Jewish leader does not support ‘quenelle’ soccer star
Nicolas Anelka faces a minimum five-game ban for employing the controversial gesture, had hoped Roger Cukierman was backing him
By Rob Harris
January 22, 2014, 5:24 pm
French Jewish leader: Quenelle not always anti-Semitic
Soccer star Nicolas Anelka, facing ban for celebrating goal with controversial salute, tweets Roger Cukierman’s newly nuanced assessment
By JTA
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