The rise of far-right brings thousands to rally at anti-Islam protest in Germany. At least 17,500 people took part in a protest against Islamization in Germany’s eastern city of Dresden, according to police. The Monday rally comes as the latest round of demonstrations organized by the rising far-right PEGIDA movement.

Thousands gathered by Dresden’s iconic opera house, the Semperoper, to demand stricter immigration rules. The organizers, Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the Occident (PEGIDA), also invited participants to do some carol singing.

PEGIDA’s founder and leader Lutz Bachmann spoke at the event, stating that “Germany is no immigrant’s land” and demanding that those who wish to live in the country do so by adhering to a “culture based on the Christian-Jewish” values and “humanism.”

The Monday demo marked PEGIDA’s largest protest so far. The ranks of the group have been swelling with each passing week since its first rally in October, which gathered just a few hundred people.

PEGIDA’s organizers have said that they are standing up against extremism and not against immigrants as such, but the rallies have spread concerns over a rising far-right movement in Germany.

Semperoper has expressed its disapproval of the movement by turning off the lights during the rally and putting out flags outside that read: “Open your eyes,” “Open doors” and “The dignity of the human being is inviolable” – which is the first line of German’s constitution.

PEGIDA’s protest was met with counter-demonstrations across the country.

About 4,500 people marched through Dresden, carrying banners reading: “Nazi-free,” AP reported. Activists accused PEGIDA of being racist and spreading xenophobia.

Similar anti-PEGIDA demonstrations took place in Munich, with at least 12,000 people coming out. In Bonn, several hundreds of counter-demonstrators faced off with rallying members of anti-immigration group BOGIDA (Bonn Against Islamism), prompting police intervention.

Berlin, Rostock, Würzburg, and Düsseldorf also saw counter-protests in opposition to the far-right movement.

The anti-immigration movement has been gaining followers as Germany became the number one destination for asylum seekers in Europe. Moreover, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report that Germany is the second most-favored destination after the US for refugees and asylum seekers.

Many German politicians, except for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, have spoken out against the movement. Meanwhile, locals have been stepping up their efforts in fighting off the rising nationalistic trend.

One of the latest social tools is a new mobile app that tracks ultra-nationalist rallies happening in Berlin.

The group’s supporters refer to themselves as “patriots,” who are worried about the “watering down” of Germany’s Christian culture and values.

Along comes German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Warns Citizens That They Must Accept Islam.

Like England, Germany is struggling to deal with it’s own dire Islam problem. Muslims continue to flood into Germany at record rates, bringing with them Sharia Law and the ever-present threat of Islamic submission. England refused to take the threat seriously, and as a result is now paying dearly for allowing Sharia to rise within their borders. Concerned German citizens see this, and are not willing to allow it to take root in Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned the country’s citizens not to participate in weekly anti-Islam rallies that have attracted growing numbers of supporters in the eastern German city of Dresden. Merkel condemned the organizers of the protests and said they were driven by prejudices and hatred against foreigners.

The chancellor used unusually direct words in her New Year’s speech on Wednesday for the rallies organized by a group calling itself Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA which have been attended by thousands. When the protesters chant “we are the people,” they actually mean to say “you don’t belong — because of your religion or your skin color,” Merkel said. source

When Islam moves into a new country, they term they use is biological jihad, their aim and mission is always the same. (see above video). To increase in number to the point where Muslims outnumber non-Muslims, and a gradual shift in power occurs. Germans recognize fanaticism when they see it and are trying to reverse the tide. This has nothing to do with intolerance or racism, though that’s the smokescreen that they would like you to believe. Political leaders continue to chant “religion of peace” as the body counts rise and the bombs continue to detonate to the tune of “allahu ackbar”.

The German citizenry is right to do what they can to repel the Islamic invasion they are experiencing. If they fail, Germany will be on the verge of a whole new kind of dictatorship