German extremists converged on Monday night for one of the biggest far-right rallies the country has seen in years, with so-called "anti-Islam" marches now becoming a near-weekly occurrence.
Thousands descended on downtown Dresden in a march organised by a group calling itself "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West", known by its German acronym PEGIDA.
But the 10,000-strong demonstration was matched almost to the man by counter-demonstrators, who came out in solidarity with the city's minority population, though the state of Saxony, where Dresden is located, has comparatively few Muslims.
[TOP RATED COMMENT] Just the beginning methinks and not just in Germany. The politicians have a lot to answer for with their failed multicultural policies.
[ANOTHER] Islam is a cancer spreading through the world and will eventually have to be dealt with just like any cancer.
[ANOTHER] Its not the far right in Germany, no swastikas, its the ordninary people. I've talked to some German friends, its just the ORDINARY PEOPLE. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
