PEGIDA
Sign in to savePatriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (), abbreviated Pegida (; stylised in its logo as PEGIDA), is a German, anti-Islam, far-right extremist political movement. Pegida believes that Germany is being increasingly Islamicised.
Key facts
- Organisation.name
- Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West
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- Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes
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- de
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- PEGIDA LOGO.svg
- Organisation.abbreviation
- Pegida
- Organisation.formation
- 11 October 2014
- Organisation.status
- (registered voluntary association)
- Organisation.location
- Dresden, Germany
- Organisation.language
- German
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- Chair
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Origin
- First wave of demonstrations
- Aftermath of ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting and rising tensions
- Resignations
- Reinstatement
- Dresden mayoral election, 2015
- Renewed protests
- Party founding
- Position paper
- Participants and supporters
- Reactions
- Counterdemonstrations
- Polls
- Political opponents
- Reactions from political scientists
- International reactions
- Offshoots and variations
- In Germany
- International
- Fortress Europe
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (), abbreviated Pegida (; stylised in its logo as PEGIDA), is a German, anti-Islam, far-right extremist political movement. Pegida believes that Germany is being increasingly Islamicised.
Pegida wants to curb immigration into Germany and it accuses the authorities of failure to enforce related laws. Starting in October 2014 in Dresden with hundreds of participants, the peaks in 2015 and 2016 attracted over 20,000 supporters, often accompanied by counter-demonstrations. In 2015, , the founder of Pegida, resigned from the movement after a doctored photograph appeared where he appeared to be posing as and making racist statements on Facebook. He was later reinstated.