Thousands Mobilise Against Islamophobia in Germany

Countering a Islamophobic rally was organized by PEGIDA, an anti-fascist mobilization was called in Dresden by several groups, including Antifascist Action, HOPE-fight racism, Die Linke (The Left), LifeLine, leftist-socialist-Green youth groups, and others

The Islamophobic rally was organised by PEGIDA, a group formed in 2014 to ‘check’ the rising inflow of Muslim migrants to Germany and to ‘resist’ the alleged Islamisation of the country. Countering it, an anti-fascist mobilisation was called in Dresden by several groups, including Antifascist Action, HOPE-fight racism, Die Linke (The Left), LifeLine, leftist-socialist-Green youth groups, and others