The origins of the Quenelle salute

Earlier this week, French soccer player Nicolas Anelka got a 5-game suspension for making the Quenelle (reverse Nazi salute) during a December English-league game. I thought some of you might be interested in the origins of the Quenelle (Hat Tip: Gudrun E).

The quenelle gesture, invented, named, and popularized by Dieudonné, is a combination of the French bras d'honneur gesture – meaning "up