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Germany: Tens of Thousands Oppose Anti-Muslim Rallies

HeadlineJan 06, 2015

Tens of thousands of people have rallied against racism across Germany amidst a rise in anti-Muslim protests. On Monday, the latest rally by the anti-immigrant group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, or Pegida, drew a record 18,000 people in Dresden. The city’s landmark Cologne Cathedral shut off its lights, leaving the surrounding square in darkness, in an bid to deter the protesters.

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