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Alain Soral sentenced for blaming the Notre-Dame fire on the Jews

2020-09-18T15:59:03.661Z


Regularly convicted of similar facts, Alain Soral estimated in April 2019 that the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris was linked to u


Far-right essayist Alain Soral was sentenced to three fines on Friday, with the possibility of imprisonment for non-payment, in particular for blaming the Notre-Dame de Paris fire on the Jews.

The Paris Criminal Court imposed on Alain Bonnet dit Soral a 90-day fine of 60 euros (5,400 euros) for incitement to hatred on the grounds of religion, following comments made after the fire in the cathedral on the 17th and April 18, 2019, on the “Equality and Reconciliation” site.

As he also explains in this video, he believes the fire was "deliberate" and was caused to carry out "a project of Masonic money and Jewish revenge" on the Ile de la Cité.

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He was, however, acquitted of the offense of public defamation of a group because of their religious affiliation.

Two other files

Alain Soral was also convicted in two other cases.

The court found him guilty of insulting on the grounds of religion, of contesting a crime against Humanity and of defamation (in legal recidivism) for a video of April 16, 2019 called "Soral in prison", condemning him there too at 90 days - fine at 60 euros (5400 euros).

He was finally fined 80 days at 50 euros (4,000 euros) for incitement to hatred because of religion, because of comments dating from August 9, 2018 in a magazine and online.

In these three cases, the court also ordered Alain Soral to pay one euro in damages and 1,500 euros in fines for legal costs to the various civil party associations, the League against racism and anti-Semitism. (Licra), J'accuse, the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF), SOS Racisme in particular.

Repeated convictions

Alain Soral, 61, has been convicted on several occasions for similar acts.

In April 2019, he was sentenced to one year in prison for contesting the existence of the Shoah.

He appealed.

Alain Soral was also sentenced in February 2016 by the Paris Court of Appeal to a fine of 5,000 euros for having made a “quenelle” at the Berlin Shoah Memorial.

On July 6, his two Youtube channels were deleted by the American online video platform for “repeated breaches of the terms of use”.

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On September 1, however, the Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal of the Paris general prosecutor's office and associations, rendering his discharge final for the publication of cartoons in 2016.

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