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:While public pronouncements (including websites and posters at rallies) by Pegidadk members emphasize 'no to violence and racism' and opposition to 'fundamentalist Islam', [Pegida Denmark leader, Nicolai] Sennels' profound xenophobia regarding Muslims, as well as Denmark's long (but not widely recognized) history of anti-immigrant traditions, betray disturbing connections to a history of racism and xenophobia in Danish cultural life'.<ref name="Persh"/> | :While public pronouncements (including websites and posters at rallies) by Pegidadk members emphasize 'no to violence and racism' and opposition to 'fundamentalist Islam', [Pegida Denmark leader, Nicolai] Sennels' profound xenophobia regarding Muslims, as well as Denmark's long (but not widely recognized) history of anti-immigrant traditions, betray disturbing connections to a history of racism and xenophobia in Danish cultural life'.<ref name="Persh"/> | ||
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| + | :At the root, the new Pegidadk movement is another development in a long history of nativist groups in Denmark, led by people who assert their dominance and sense of cultural superiority by way of nationalism and claims that foreign 'others' pose a threat to the future and well-being of 'real' Danes.<ref name="Persh"/> | ||
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Revision as of 17:22, 6 February 2015
Pegida Denmark, also known as Pegidadk is the Danish incarnation of the German PEGIDA movement, reportedly led by Nicolai Sennels.[1]
Contents
Activities
A protest was held in Copenhagen on 19 January 2015, attended by approximately 150 people. An estimated fours times that many held a counter-demonstration. Researcher Linda Pershing who attended the event noted the irony of the Pegida Denmark protesters singing a song entitled 'Til ungdommen' ('For the Youth'), by Norwegian poet and writer Nordahl Grieg, which has often been performed at memorial ceremonies for the 77 people killed by Islamophobic mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik.[1]
Ideology
According to Pershing:
- While public pronouncements (including websites and posters at rallies) by Pegidadk members emphasize 'no to violence and racism' and opposition to 'fundamentalist Islam', [Pegida Denmark leader, Nicolai] Sennels' profound xenophobia regarding Muslims, as well as Denmark's long (but not widely recognized) history of anti-immigrant traditions, betray disturbing connections to a history of racism and xenophobia in Danish cultural life'.[1]
She continues:
- At the root, the new Pegidadk movement is another development in a long history of nativist groups in Denmark, led by people who assert their dominance and sense of cultural superiority by way of nationalism and claims that foreign 'others' pose a threat to the future and well-being of 'real' Danes.[1]
People
Contact
At least three associated social media accounts:
- a Pegida Danmark facebook page
- a PegidaDK facebook page
- a PegidaDK twitter account
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Linda Pershing, First Anti-Islam March by Pegida Movement Fizzles in Denmark, TruthOut, 29 January 2015
