Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA)
started weekly protests in the eastern city of Dresden in October, and
the movement has been growing steadily ever since with regular Monday
demonstrations.
On December 22, 17,500 took to the streets of Dresden chanting “We are the people”, a slogan borrowed from 1989 protests in the same city that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Worryingly for Germany’s leaders, a Forsa opinion for “Stern” magazine last week revealed that one in eight Germans would join an anti-Muslim march if PEGIDA organised one in their home town.
Read more: Europe - Fears over growing ‘hatred’ of Islam in Germany - France 24
On December 22, 17,500 took to the streets of Dresden chanting “We are the people”, a slogan borrowed from 1989 protests in the same city that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Worryingly for Germany’s leaders, a Forsa opinion for “Stern” magazine last week revealed that one in eight Germans would join an anti-Muslim march if PEGIDA organised one in their home town.
Read more: Europe - Fears over growing ‘hatred’ of Islam in Germany - France 24
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