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| − | Bachmann is reportedly a chef-turned-graphic designer | + | Bachmann is reportedly a chef-turned-graphic designer. According to ''The Independent'' he 'insists he is not a racist' but admits to having spent two years in prison and has criminal convictions for drug offences<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> and burglary<ref name="rattlesGermany"/>. |
==Starting PEGIDA== | ==Starting PEGIDA== | ||
Revision as of 21:53, 5 January 2015
Lutz Bachmann founded the group (PEGIDA) in late 2014 in Germany.
History
Bachmann is reportedly a chef-turned-graphic designer. According to The Independent he 'insists he is not a racist' but admits to having spent two years in prison and has criminal convictions for drug offences[1] and burglary[2].
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany, Spiegel Online International, 21 December 2014, accessed 5 January 2015
