Lutz Bachmann
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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
