Cologne cathedral to switch
off lights in protest at anti-Muslim march
March by Patriotic Europeans Against the
Islamisation of the West is latest in a series of anti-Muslim protests in
Germany
Cologne
Cathedral at night. Photograph: Corbis
Reuters in Cologne
Friday 2 January
201523.24 AEST
Cologne Cathedral, one of Germany’s
most famous landmarks, will be plunged into darkness on Monday evening in
protest at a march by a grassroots anti-Muslim movement through the western
German city.
The rise of Patriotic Europeans
Against the Islamisation of the West (Pegida) has shaken the political
establishment, prompting the chancellor, Angela Merkel, to warn in her new year
address that its leaders were racists full of hatred and citizens should beware
being used.
The group’s last weekly rally in
the eastern city of Dresden attracted an estimated 17,000 people. It plans to
hold further marches in other cities.
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