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[[File:HoGeSa_supporters_in_Berlin.png|thumb|400px|HoGeSa supporters at a [[PEGIDA]] protest in Berlin ([[BAEGIDA]]).]] | [[File:HoGeSa_supporters_in_Berlin.png|thumb|400px|HoGeSa supporters at a [[PEGIDA]] protest in Berlin ([[BAEGIDA]]).]] | ||
| − | '''Hooligans Against Salafists (HoGeSa)''' is a far-right German anti-Muslim group. | + | '''Hooligans Against Salafists (HoGeSa)''' is a far-right German anti-Muslim group. It has been described as 'an alliance of violent soccer fans and right-wingers who say they fear the rise of radical Islam in Europe'<ref name="hanoverrally"/>. |
It is said to share at least one organiser with [[Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West]] (PEGIDA)<ref name="rattlesGermany"/>, some sources reporting he is a lawyer and also a member of the far right [[Alternative for Germany]] party.<ref name="expandsinGer"/> | It is said to share at least one organiser with [[Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West]] (PEGIDA)<ref name="rattlesGermany"/>, some sources reporting he is a lawyer and also a member of the far right [[Alternative for Germany]] party.<ref name="expandsinGer"/> | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 6 January 2015
Hooligans Against Salafists (HoGeSa) is a far-right German anti-Muslim group. It has been described as 'an alliance of violent soccer fans and right-wingers who say they fear the rise of radical Islam in Europe'[1].
It is said to share at least one organiser with Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA)[2], some sources reporting he is a lawyer and also a member of the far right Alternative for Germany party.[3]
Activities
- On 26 October 2014 in Cologne 400 HoGeSa activists ‘went on a rampage’, according to Der Spiegel.[2].
- In November 2014 in Hanovera HoGeSa demonstration was reportedly outnumbered by counter-protesters.[3] About 5000 HoGeSa supporters had been expected but around 2,600 showed up.[1]
- A protest on 8 December 2014 in Düsseldorf was said involve HoGeSa supporters among its planners. Seeking replicate the PEGIDA movement, it was organised under the name DÜGIDA[3].
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hanover rally against radical Islam ends calmly, DW.de, 15 November 2014, accessed 6 January 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany, Spiegel Online International, 21 December 2014, accessed 5 January 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anti-Islamization protests expand in Germany, DW.de, 7 December 2014, accessed 6 January 2015
