Pegida

Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West[1][2][3]
Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes
AbbreviationPegida
Formation11 October 2014[4]
Legal statusEingetragener Verein[5] (registered voluntary association)
Purpose
Location
Official language
German
Chair
Lutz Bachmann

Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West[1][6][3] (German: Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes), abbreviated Pegida (German: [peˈɡiːda], stylised in its logo as PEGIDA), is a pan-European, anti-Islam, far-right extremist political movement.[7][8] German Pegida believes that Germany is being increasingly Islamicised.[9]

Pegida wants to curb immigration into Germany and it accuses the authorities of failure to enforce related laws.[10] Pegida has held many demonstrations, often accompanied by counter-demonstrations.[11] In 2015, Lutz Bachmann, the founder of Pegida, resigned from the movement after posing as Adolf Hitler and making racist statements on Facebook.[12] He was later reinstated.[13]

Though nationalism is a central feature, Pegida offshoots have formed in various countries. It is a grassroots part of the counter-jihad movement.[14]

  1. ^ a b Virchow, Fabian (2016), "PEGIDA: Understanding the Emergence and Essence of Nativist Protest in Dresden", Journal of Intercultural Studies, 37 (6): 541–555, doi:10.1080/07256868.2016.1235026, S2CID 151752919
  2. ^ "PEGIDA in Germany".
  3. ^ a b "The Pegida Movement and German Political Culture: Is Right-Wing Populism Here to Stay?"
  4. ^ Popp, Maximilian; Wassermann, Andreas (12 January 2015). "Prying into Pegida: Where Did Germany's Islamophobes Come From". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ Amtsgericht Dresden, Aktenzeichen: VR 7750.
  6. ^ "PEGIDA in Germany".
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference guard1615 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  9. ^ "The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany". Der Spiegel. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Who goes to German Pegida 'anti-Islamisation' rallies". BBC News. 13 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Germany anti-Islamic protests: Biggest Pegida march ever in Dresden as rest of Germany shows disgust with lights-out". The Independent. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Germany's Pegida anti-Islam movement unravelling". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2015.
  13. ^ Knight, Ben (23 February 2015). "Pegida head Lutz Bachmann reinstated after furore over Hitler moustache photo". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  14. ^ Perwee, Ed (2020). "Donald Trump, the anti-Muslim far right and the new conservative revolution". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43 (16): 211–230. doi:10.1080/01419870.2020.1749688. S2CID 218843237.