Hooligans Against Salafists
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Hooligans Against Salafists (HoGeSa) is a far-right German anti-Muslim group.
It is said to share at least one organiser with Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA)[1], some sources reporting he is a lawyer and also a member of the far right Alternative for Germany party.[2]
Activities
- On 26 October 2014 in Cologne 400 HoGeSa activists ‘went on a rampage’, according to Der Spiegel.[1].
- In November 2014 in Hanovera HoGeSa demonstration was reportedly outnumbered by counter-protesters.[2]
- 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[2].
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany, Spiegel Online International, 21 December 2014, accessed 5 January 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anti-Islamization protests expand in Germany, DW.de, 7 December 2014, accessed 6 January 2015
