German Civilians Protest Immigration and Islamization of Germany

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The German PEGIDA movement held its largest meeting yet last night to protest what they call the ‘Islamisation of the Western World’, despite stiff opposition from all sections of Germany’s elite including politicians, media, and the arts.
PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West) has grown rapidly since its inception in October, a peaceful ‘strolling’ movement opposing the exceptional violence seen in street battles between Salafist Muslims and ethnic Kurds seen in many German cities this year and enormous immigration. Now on it’s tenth ‘evening stroll’, it has grown from a couple of hundred people, to 15,000 last week, to more than 17,500 last night.
In addition to the hundreds of banners with slogans such as ‘Against Hatred, Violence, and the Quran’, ‘Against Religious Fanaticism’, and ‘No Sharia in Europe’, the thousands attending brought song sheets which had been distributed online and sang favourite Christmas carols.
Despite the essentially ordinary character of many of the people taking to the streets for the peaceful strolls, and the admission by senior government and police figures that a great many of those joining in are families bringing their children, the organisation has come in for stiff criticism and rejection by the heights of the German elite.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/23/17500-germans-gather-to-sing-christmas-carols-against-islamisation/

17,500 GERMANS GATHER TO SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS AGAINST ISLAMISATION
by OLIVER LANE
23 Dec 2014



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Rally: Participants hold German flags and lights during the demonstration which took place between the bronze equestrian statue of King John of Saxony, left, and the Dresden Cathedral.

[From article]
PEGIDA leader Lutz Bachmann told the cheering crowd: 'Germany is not a land of immigration,' while they waved German flags and chanted criticism of media it accuses of biased reporting.
Bachmann started PEGIDA in October with an appeal on social media in Dresden to protest plans to add 14 centres for about 2,000 refugees locally.
However, demonstrators rejected charges they are far-right extremists or neo-Nazis.




 Participants: Supporters of a rally called 'Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West' (PEGIDA) hold German flags and lights during a demonstration entitled ëChristmas With Pegidaí in front of the bronze equestrian statue of King John of Saxony in Dresden, eastern Germany.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2884224/Record-number-Germanys-anti-immigrant-rally.html

More than 17,000 Germans gather to sing Christmas carols during rally against 'Islamisation' of their country in largest protest yet by anti-immigration group
The large anti-immigration rally took place in the eastern city of Dresden
The rally was hosted by a grass-roots movement which is gathering pace
It is called 'Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West'
Thousands gathered to criticize increased immigration and Islamisation
Demonstrators reject charges they are far-right extremists or neo-Nazis
By BELINDA ROBINSON FOR MAIL ONLINE and REUTERS
PUBLISHED: 16:38 EST, 22 December 2014 | UPDATED: 09:42 EST, 23 December 2014