Roger Garaudy
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Roger Garaudy or Ragaa (born July 17, 1913, in Marseille) is a French author, philosopher and politician best known for his negationist stances. Raised by Catholic and atheist parents, Garaudy became a Protestant, then a Communist. During World War II, he was imprisoned in Djelfa, Algeria, as a prisoner of war of Vichy France. In the postwar years he was elected to public office several times as a member of the French Communist Party, but was expelled from the Party in 1970 due to his criticism of the U.S.S.R.. He then became Catholic. Finally converted to Islam in 1982, where he remained, taking his new name, Ragaa. Garaudy has lived in south of Spain, near Córdoba, for over 20 years.
