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Roger Garaudy was a French philosopher, French resistance fighter and a communist author. He converted to Islam in 1982.
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Born 17 July 1913 · Died 13 June 2012 · Q160619
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s killing of the Jews could not be described as genocide. He also questioned whether gas chambers were used for mass slaughter. In an appearance at his hearing last month, Mr Garaudy said his book in no way condoned Nazi methods. He said it was an attack instead on Israeli government policy, which he said used the Holocaust as a
Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Service to Islam (1986).
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“s killing of the Jews could not be described as genocide. He also questioned whether gas chambers were used for mass slaughter. In an appearance at his hearing last month, Mr Garaudy said his book in no way condoned Nazi methods. He said it was an attack instead on Israeli government policy, which he said used the Holocaust as a”
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Died 2012-06-13.
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As "a thinker" and "a believer" who was brought to trial merely for publishing research which was "displeasing to the West
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Garaudy published, with his editor Pierre Guillaume, the work Les Mythes fondateurs de la politique israelienne (literally, The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics), later translated into English as The Founding Myths of
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Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Service to Islam (1986).
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Awarded Prix des Deux Magots (1980).
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Frederic Will described him as sympathetic towards Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Gabriel Marcel
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Because he had criticized the party's position on the student movement and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
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Career landmark: Senator of La Seine (1959–1962).
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Career landmark: Member of parliament for the Seine (1956–1958).
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After Nikita Khrushchev made the Secret Speech at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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With a dissertation discussing theory of knowledge and materialism, entitled La théorie matérialiste de la connaissance
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Career landmark: Deputy of Tarn (1945–1951).
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Became a member of the party's leadership and its Central Executive Committee, where he occupied positions for 28 years
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Born 1913-07-17.
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