By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/tens-thousands-rally-dresden-anti-islamic-movement Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Tens of thousands rally in Dresden against racism, xenophobia World Jan 10, 2015 4:29 PM EDT Around 35,000 people turned out to rally on Saturday in the eastern German city of Dresden against an anti-Islamic movement and in remembrance of the recent terrorist attacks in France. Dresden has become the center of weekly anti-immigration protests organized by a grassroots movement called Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, which drew a record number of 18,000 people last Monday, Reuters reported. Saturday’s rally was to promote tolerance against the movement’s xenophobic message. “We won’t permit that hate will divide us,” Dresden Mayor Helma Orosz said at the rally, which was organized by the state government of Saxony and the city of Dresden, Reuters reported. Around 35,000 Germans rally in Dresden against racism and xenophobia http://t.co/ePA1XmAePn pic.twitter.com/ZeS50aF6Y8 — Catrin Nye (@CatrinNye) January 10, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the anti-Muslim demonstrations, calling their organizers racist and full of hatred, Reuters reported. Participants of the rally held signs displaying messages of peace and acceptance. They also observed a minute of silence to remember the 12 people killed earlier this week in the assault on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France’s deadliest terror attack in decades. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
Around 35,000 people turned out to rally on Saturday in the eastern German city of Dresden against an anti-Islamic movement and in remembrance of the recent terrorist attacks in France. Dresden has become the center of weekly anti-immigration protests organized by a grassroots movement called Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, which drew a record number of 18,000 people last Monday, Reuters reported. Saturday’s rally was to promote tolerance against the movement’s xenophobic message. “We won’t permit that hate will divide us,” Dresden Mayor Helma Orosz said at the rally, which was organized by the state government of Saxony and the city of Dresden, Reuters reported. Around 35,000 Germans rally in Dresden against racism and xenophobia http://t.co/ePA1XmAePn pic.twitter.com/ZeS50aF6Y8 — Catrin Nye (@CatrinNye) January 10, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the anti-Muslim demonstrations, calling their organizers racist and full of hatred, Reuters reported. Participants of the rally held signs displaying messages of peace and acceptance. They also observed a minute of silence to remember the 12 people killed earlier this week in the assault on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France’s deadliest terror attack in decades. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now