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| Thousands take part in anti-Islam Pegida protests across Europe | Thousands take part in anti-Islam Pegida protests across Europe |
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| Thousands of people are taking part in protests against Islam and immigration in several European cities. | Thousands of people are taking part in protests against Islam and immigration in several European cities. |
| Police in Dresden say they expect about 15,000 protesters at a rally organized by the group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West. | Police in Dresden say they expect about 15,000 protesters at a rally organized by the group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West. |
| Known by its German acronym Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident), the group emerged in Dresden two years ago and has become a magnet for far-right and anti-immigrant sentiment. | Known by its German acronym Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident), the group emerged in Dresden two years ago and has become a magnet for far-right and anti-immigrant sentiment. |
| About 10,000 people are expected to take part in a counter-demonstration Saturday on the other side of the river Elbe, which divides the city. | About 10,000 people are expected to take part in a counter-demonstration Saturday on the other side of the river Elbe, which divides the city. |
| Similar, smaller Pegida-style protests were planned in Britain, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. | Similar, smaller Pegida-style protests were planned in Britain, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. |
| Nationalist groups in Europe have been galvanized by the unprecedented influx of refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East last year. | Nationalist groups in Europe have been galvanized by the unprecedented influx of refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East last year. |
| Last month, water cannons and pepper spray were used to push back more than a thousand anti-immigration protesters in Cologne following attacks on New Year's Eve. | |
| Associated Press | Associated Press |