Anti-Islam protest and counterprotest
(The Christian Science Monitor) In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, the weekly anti-Islam march in Dresden, Germany, drew its largest attendance yet.
German leaders urged supporters of Dresden-based Pegida (Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West) to stay home and not exploit the Paris tragedy for their own gain. But many in the crowd—25,000 according to police estimates—were defiant. A customs agent who would only give his first name as Peter said he has the right to pay homage to the victims of France—and express his fears about the risks of multicultural change in German society.
“I want my children to grow up in a Christian country,” he said. “The attack in Paris just confirmed our fears about the risks of Islamization in Europe.”
