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==History== | ==History== | ||
Bachmann is reportedly a chef-turned-graphic designer. He has criminal convictions including for drug dealing and spent two years in prison. According toe The Independent he 'insists he is not a racist'.<ref name="17000march">Lizzie Dearden, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-antiislam-protests-17000-march-on-dresden-against-islamification-of-the-west-9941656.html Germany anti-Islam protests: 17,000 march on Dresden against 'Islamification of the West'], ''The Independent'', 23 December 2014, accessed 5 Jan 2015</ref> | Bachmann is reportedly a chef-turned-graphic designer. He has criminal convictions including for drug dealing and spent two years in prison. According toe The Independent he 'insists he is not a racist'.<ref name="17000march">Lizzie Dearden, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-antiislam-protests-17000-march-on-dresden-against-islamification-of-the-west-9941656.html Germany anti-Islam protests: 17,000 march on Dresden against 'Islamification of the West'], ''The Independent'', 23 December 2014, accessed 5 Jan 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Starting PEGIDA== | ||
| + | According to Der Spiegel, Lutz claims that PEGIDA grew out of a Facebook group which he stared after he witnessed a rally in Dresden by supporters of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) which opposes the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. He decided to start a group primarily to oppose arms shipments to the PKK.<ref name="rattlesGermany">[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/anti-muslim-pegida-movement-rattles-germany-a-1009245.html The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany], Spiegel Online International, 21 December 2014, accessed 5 January 2015</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 5 January 2015
Lutz Bachmann founded the group (PEGIDA) in late 2014 in Germany.
History
Bachmann is reportedly a chef-turned-graphic designer. He has criminal convictions including for drug dealing and spent two years in prison. According toe The Independent he 'insists he is not a racist'.[1]
Starting PEGIDA
According to Der Spiegel, Lutz claims that PEGIDA grew out of a Facebook group which he stared after he witnessed a rally in Dresden by supporters of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) which opposes the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. He decided to start a group primarily to oppose arms shipments to the PKK.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Lizzie Dearden, Germany anti-Islam protests: 17,000 march on Dresden against 'Islamification of the West', The Independent, 23 December 2014, accessed 5 Jan 2015
- ↑ The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany, Spiegel Online International, 21 December 2014, accessed 5 January 2015
