PEGIDA launches in Britain with vow to fight ‘Islamification of the West’
BRITAIN’S newest political movement which has vowed to fight the “Islamification of the West” has marked its official launch today by announcing its first major rally.
By NICK GUTTERIDGE
Express.co.uk
Mon, Jan 4, 2016
The UK branch of the far right German campaign group PEGIDA will mark its introduction into the political sphere with a march throughout Newcastle later this month.
The new group, which has been set up by former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson, announced the planned protest with a message saying: “Let’s show the Islamists we show no fear.”
It will be followed in February by another event, billed as a “peaceful silent walk” to take place in Birmingham.
The walk is being organised in conjunction with PEGIDA branches across Europe and is centred on the theme “Save Our Country, Save Our Culture, Save Our Future”.
The group, whose name is a German acronym standing for Patriotic Europeans Against The Islamisation Of The West, has been accused in some quarters of being a far-right hate group.
But Mr Robinson looked to distance it from both the British National Party and the EDL, retweeting a message from a supporter saying it is “completely wrong” to suggest the three are related.
The controversial campaigner quit the EDL in 2013, citing his fear that far-right protestors had hijacked the group and bemoaning its reputation as alcohol-fuelled and violent.
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