Oskar Freysinger (born 12 June 1960) is a

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politician of the

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a nati ...

Biography

Freysinger studied at a German-speaking school in

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, and later studied German literature and philosophy, and French literature, obtaining a teaching degree in 1985. Freysinger has taught at the Lycée-Collège de la Planta since 1987.Présentation
on Freysinger's website From 1997 and 2001, he was a communal counselor at

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for the

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito P ...

. In 1999, he co-founded the Valaisan branch of the

, which he headed from 1999 to 2002. Freysinger held an MP position at the cantonal parliament of Valais from 2001 to 2003, and at the

National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; french: Conseil national; it, Consiglio nazionale; rm, Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, the ...

from 2003. 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. His political creed reads On 3 September 2011 Freysinger gave a speech decrying multiculturalism and Muslim immigration, calling it an attempted conquest, with the statement: "If we lose this battle, there will be no second chance, for Islam does not give back what it has conquered. So I summon all the humanists of this continent not to keep their heads in the sand and to resist the Islamic dogma’s drive to conquest. Let us stand together and uncompromisingly insist upon the primacy of our civil law over any religious dogma. Let us find our way back to our precious intellectual heritage. Islam is only as strong as we are weak." This speech, a film of which is available on YouTube, quickly made him an international celebrity. Freysinger played a crucial role in the

2009 Swiss minaret referendum The federal popular initiative "against the construction of minarets" was a successful popular initiative in Switzerland to prevent the construction of minarets on mosques. In a November 2009 referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the ...

to ban

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s, and he participated in the 2010

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conference in Paris. He has also been on the board of advisors of the organisation

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(SION). He sees Islam as essentially a political religion and therefore subject to secular law. He is a member of the

Association of Writers of Serbia The Association of Writers of Serbia ( Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, ''Udruženje književnika Srbije'') is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Milovan Vitezović. History The association ...

Works

* ''Brüchige Welten'', Rotten Verlag, 2004. * ''Outre-pensées'', éditions de la Matze, 2005 * ''Schachspirale'', éditions de la Matze, 2006 * ''Le nez dans le soleil'', 2009 * ''"L'évasion de C.B.", fiction satirique sur le 12 décembre'', 2008

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freysinger, Oskar Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Swiss People's Party politicians 1960 births Living people Anti-Islam sentiment in Switzerland Serbian writers Counter-jihad activists