Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West - Revision history

Clementine Boucher: /* 2016 */

2016-12-21T14:40:58Z

2016

Clementine Boucher: /* Scandals and resignations */

2016-11-29T09:41:52Z

Scandals and resignations

Clementine Boucher: /* Security establishment response in Germany */

2016-11-29T09:16:51Z

Security establishment response in Germany

Clementine Boucher: /* Political responses in Germany */

2016-11-29T09:14:37Z

Political responses in Germany

Clementine Boucher at 13:36, 7 October 2016

2016-10-07T13:36:40Z

Melissa Jones: /* Slogans */ typo/itals

2016-09-15T11:20:11Z

Slogans: typo/itals

Hilary Aked: /* Copycat movements */

2015-12-01T13:30:08Z

Copycat movements

Hilary Aked: /* Copycat movements */

2015-12-01T13:29:35Z

Copycat movements

Hilary Aked: /* Copycat movements */

2015-12-01T13:28:40Z

Copycat movements

Hilary Aked: /* Germany */

2015-03-27T14:33:30Z

Germany

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 ====2016====
 In was alleged in October 2016 that [[Lutz Bachmann]] had used money from the group's coffers to pay off €5,000 court costs of two cases brought against him as an individual. On his private Facebook page last year, Bachmann had insulted two mayors who were photographed helping refugees with their suitcases. He argued on Facebook that 'if a Pegida member posts something on a site belonging to the group' - including on his own personal page - 'then it is the most normal thing in the world that the association would pay for the court case.' <ref>[https://www.thelocal.de/20161026/pegida-leader-paid-court-costs-with-groups-money-reports Pegida leader 'paid court costs with group's money'], ''The Local'', 26 October 2016. Accessed 03 November 2016. </ref>
 ==Copycat movements==

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 ===Scandals and resignations===
 PEGIDA founder [[Lutz Bachmann]] stepped down as leader of the group on 21 January 2015, after a photograph of him posing as Adolf Hitler was published by in German newspapers and it was announced he was being investigated for describing immigrants as 'cattle, 'scumbags' and 'trash' in Facebook posts from September 2014.<ref name="Hitlerpic">[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/21/germany-pegida-adolf-hitler-lutz-bachmann Germany’s Pegida leader steps down over Adolf Hitler photo], Guardian, 21 January 2015</ref><ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pegida-leader-kathrin-oertel-resigns-one-week-after-founder-quits-1.2934993 PEGIDA leader Kathrin Oertel resigns one week after founder quits], CBC, 28 January 2015</ref> The ''New York Times'' noted that despite claiming to have quit the group, Bachman soon reappeared and spoke at Pegida's 9 March demonstration.<ref name="NYT"/>
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 The group of five announced they were founding a new movement called [[Direct Democracy for Europe]], expected to 'move away from the anti-Islam stance' of [[PEGIDA]].<ref name="local">[http://www.thelocal.de/20150202/pegida-off-shoot-set-to-demo-next-week Pegida offshoot set to demo next week]], The Local.de, 2 Feb 2015, accessed 2 Feb 2015</ref>
 ==Copycat movements==

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 ===Security establishment response in Germany===
 One the eve of one PEGIDA march, Germany’s most senior policeman is reported to have noted 'a visible rise in xenophobic crime countrywide', including growing number of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish incidents.<ref name="visiblerise"/> Germany’s domestic security agencies were said to be monitoring a number of groups including [[Hooligans Against Salafists]] (HoGeSa)<ref name="rattlesGermany"/>.
 ===Grassroots responses: anti-PEGIDA protests===

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 Meanwhile [[Angela Merkel]]’s [[Christian Democrats]] (CDU) were said to have offered ‘mixed’ responses with some urging understanding for the march’s motivations <ref name="visiblerise"/>. Saxony Interior Minister [[Markus Ulbig]] of the CDU said: ‘We cannot label 10,000 people as right-wing extremists. That creates more problems than it solves’, adding that there were many "middle-class citizens" among the demonstrators, ‘and you can't toss them all into the same Neo-Nazi pot’<ref name="rattlesGermany"/>. However Merkel herself strongly criticised the movement in her New Year's speech, saying 'their hearts are cold and often full of prejudice, and even hate'.<ref>[http://www.dw.de/merkel-criticizes-anti-islam-pegida-movement-in-new-years-speech/a-18164445 Merkel criticizes anti-Islam PEGIDA movement in New Year's speech], DW.de, 31 December 2014, accessed 6 January 2015</ref>. However her Vice-Chancellor, the Social Democrat leader [[Sigmar Gabriel]] in late January 'admittted he had attended a Dresden forum and talked with Pegida supporters'.<ref>Tony Patterson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pegida-movement-on-verge-of-total-implosion-as-five-of-its-leading-members-resign-in-disgust-due-to-fears-of-being-taken-over-by-germanys-far-right-10011943.html Pegida movement on verge of implosion as five of its leading members resign in disgust due to fears of being taken over by Germany's far right], The Independent, 29 January 2015</ref>
-However, [[Alexander Gauland]], one of the leaders of the ‘fast-growing’ Eurosceptic party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) however, declared his party ‘the natural allies of this movement’ and announced his intention to attend a Dresden protest on 15 December 2014.<ref name="visiblerise"/>
+However, [[Alexander Gauland]], one of the leaders of the ‘fast-growing’ Eurosceptic party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) however, declared his party ‘the natural allies of this movement’ and announced his intention to attend a Dresden protest on 15 December 2014.<ref name="visiblerise"/> Another MP, [[Hans-Thomas Tillschneider]], spoke at a rally in May 2016, and in November 2016 [[Lutz Bachmann]] even invited [[AfD]] co-leader [[Frauke Petry]] to do the same, adding 'these are your voters, Frauke, and you have to be here'. <ref> Chris Tomlinson, [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/16/pegidas-bachmann-salutes-america-invites-afd-leader-petry-speak/ PEGIDA’s Bachmann Salutes America, Invites AfD Leader Petry To Speak], ''Breitbart'', 16 November 2016. accessed November 28 2016. </ref>
 The far-right [[National Democratic Party]] (NPD) also appeared to welcome the protests which, according to ''Der Spiegel'', it saw as ‘a chance to take their worldview directly to the middle class’<ref name="rattlesGermany"/>.

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	On 12 January, when [[PEGIDA]] drew its biggest number yet (25,000) following the [[Charlie Hebdo]] and other killings in Paris, around 100,000 people took part in counter-demonstrations 'for tolerance and openness', across Germany.<ref name="local"/>		On 12 January, when [[PEGIDA]] drew its biggest number yet (25,000) following the [[Charlie Hebdo]] and other killings in Paris, around 100,000 people took part in counter-demonstrations 'for tolerance and openness', across Germany.<ref name="local"/>
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		+	On September 27 2016, ''Deutsche Welle'' reports that Germany's PEGIDA is 'descending into chaos as internal divisions have resulted in conflicting demonstrations' and as founder [[Lutz Bachmann]] has moved to a Spanish island. The former leader, [[Tatjana Festerling]], staged her own counter-demonstration of 60-100 participants, against the regular event led by the current leader [[Lutz Bachmann]]. Both sides reportedly jeered the other during the demo, as insults, threats, and mutual accusations of splitting the movement were heard among demonstrators.
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		+	These scenes are allegedly 'the latest episode in what has become a meandering saga for PEGIDA'. the Facebook pages of the two leaders are full of accusations and counter-accusations towards one another, with Festerling repeatedly claiming that Bachmann stole 100,000 euros from the group's coffers and hoarded cash in his private home. Bachmann has claimed that she deliberately publicised his home address, where there were 'four break-in attempts' subsequently, and a manipulation of his car that resulted in its engine 'blowing up' on a highway.<ref> Ben Knight, [http://www.dw.com/en/pegida-splintered-as-conflicting-demos-staged-in-dresden/a-35903672 PEGIDA splintered as conflicting demos staged in Dresden], ''Deutsche Welle'', 27 September 2016. Accessed 07 October 2016. </ref>
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 According to ''The Independent'' newspaper, PEGIDA’s slogan 'wir sind das Volk' (we are the people), harks back to protests before the fall of the Berlin Wall but ‘Volk’ and ‘Vaterland’ also retain connotations of the Nazi-era. <ref name="17000march"/><ref name="rattlesGermany"/>. But the group has made efforts to distance itself from the far right, stating that it is against ‘preachers of hate, regardless of what religion’ and ‘radicalism, regardless of whether religiously or politically motivated’<ref name="thousandsagainst">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2897177/Protests-4-German-cities-against-anti-Islam-rallies.html Thousands of Germans protest against anti-Islam rallies], Daily Mail, 5 January 2015, accessed 5 January 2015</ref>.
-Another PEGIDA slogan, 'Lügenpresse' (lying press), used to articulate a mistrust of the media and deflect allegations of racism, is reportedly 'seen as harking back to the Nazi era' because wt was used by Adolf Hitler in 1922 and later by his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.<ref name="Hill"/>
+Another PEGIDA slogan, '''Lügenpresse''' (lying press), used to articulate a mistrust of the media and deflect allegations of racism, is reportedly 'seen as harking back to the Nazi era' because it was used by Adolf Hitler in 1922 and later by his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.<ref name="Hill"/>
-According to an article in the Guardian, one speaker at PEGIDA rally spoke 'about fear of Überfremdung – a word that had its heyday under the Nazis and suggests a native culture becoming tainted by too many foreign influences'.<ref>Ingo Shulze, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/01/pegida-germanys-useful-idiots Pegida: Germany’s useful idiots], The Guardian, 1 february 2015</ref>
+According to an article in the ''Guardian'', one speaker at PEGIDA rally spoke 'about fear of Überfremdung – a word that had its heyday under the Nazis and suggests a native culture becoming tainted by too many foreign influences'.<ref>Ingo Shulze, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/01/pegida-germanys-useful-idiots Pegida: Germany’s useful idiots], The Guardian, 1 february 2015</ref>
 ===Counterjihad rhetoric===

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 ==Copycat movements==
-[[File:Draft 4.png||500px|thumb|right|How the PEGIDA movement spread across Europe]]
+[[File:Draft 4.png||500px|thumb|right|How the PEGIDA movement spread across Europe (click on image to enlarge)]]
 ===Copycat movements in Germany===

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-*[[Lutz Bachmann]] – founder and leader, quit 21 January 2015 but reportedly retained influence
+*[[Lutz Bachmann]] – founder and leader, quit 21 January 2015 but reportedly retained influence and reappeared the 9 March demonstration.<ref name="NYT"/>
 *[[Kathrin Oertel]] - co-founder, quit 28 January 2015
 *Dr [[Karl Schmitt]], a former CDU activist, reportedly organised the copycat 'BAERGIDA' demonstration in Berlin<ref>[http://www.thelocal.de/20150105/anti-islam-demos-spread-to-berlin Anti-Islam demos spread to Berlin], The Local, 5 January 2015, accessed 6 January 2015.</ref>