Morphine Prince 109,766 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 BERLIN  A massive march by anti-Islam nationalists planned for Monday threatens to raise new religious tensions  and potential violence  in Europe in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris by radical Muslims. Germany's justice minister on Sunday urged the group called Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) to cancel its demonstration, but the group vowed to go ahead with a rally that will commemorate the 17 people killed in the Paris attacks. The group has held weekly rallies to protest Germany's growing immigrant population, mainly Muslims fleeing the war in Syria in recent years. "It's outrageous they want to commemorate victims that until last week they insulted as liars," Justice Minister Heiko Maas told the popular tabloid Bild, calling for the group to cancel Monday's rally. Many fear another march by the group could stoke violence and anti-immigration sentiment after Wednesday's attack at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. "The people at the heart of PEGIDA must be delighted," said Mohammed Majoka, a spokesman for the Muslim group Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany. "This is what they have been trying to show people all along, that Islam is dangerous and Muslims should be kicked out." Shortly after news broke of the deadly shootings in Paris, PEGIDA jumped on social media. "Today the Islamists that PEGIDA has been warning you about for 12 weeks have showed you in France that they are not capable of democracy and that they see death and violence as the answer," PEGIDA posted on Facebook. "Will there have to be a tragedy in Germany?" Now PEGIDA has dialed back that rhetoric, saying it doesn't take satisfaction in the attacks but instead wants to mourn the deaths of the editors, cartoonists, writers and two policemen, one of whom was Muslim. "The brutal attacks in Paris show that we are in urgent need of a fresh and free European-wide general debate about freedom of speech and Islamism," said Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, a professor of Islamic studies at Bayreuth University who has marched in several PEGIDA demonstrations. PEGIDA is not alone in rallying people against Islam after the terrorist attack. Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far right National Front party, said, "This attack must continue to prompt free speech in the face of Islamic fundamentalism. We must not stay silent. And we must say what happened. This is a terrorist act committed in the name of radical Islamism." Le Pen was not part of Sunday's massive rally in Paris, instead joining a separate march in Beaucaire in southern France, where her party holds the mayor's post. Majoka feared that Le Pen's perspective was becoming increasingly accepted across Europe. That could drive more Islamic extremists to feel isolated and under siege, causing hate and misunderstanding to spread on both sides, he said. "On one hand, you have the PEGIDA who propagates extremism, and on the other hand, you have Muslim extremists who say that they are doing these things in the name of Islam," Majoka said. "They are as representative of the Muslims, as the PEGIDA people are of the German nation." Founded late last year in Dresden, PEGIDA has been staging demonstrations on Mondays against immigration from Islamic countries, though it claims support for Muslims integrating into German society. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/11/anti-muslim-marches-germany/21590413/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTC 0 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 this is disgusting im a muslim myself and i curse those muslim terrorists in no way it is allowed in ANY RELIGION to kill other people YOU ARENT FCKING ALLOWED TO TAKE ANYBODYS LIFE !!! those idiots make the whole religion look like **** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus 1,494 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 mess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Planes 340 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 This thread is going to get pretty. delete it fat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farron 257 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I'm so mad superhuman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife 7,084 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Oh, how wonderful.. The rally should focus their anger on the crazy, fundamentalist terrorists and not antagonize the peaceful followers of Islam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTC 0 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Oh, how wonderful.. The rally should focus their anger on the crazy, fundamentalist terrorists and not antagonize the peaceful followers of Islam. this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco 3,040 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 ugh disgusting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Phire 98 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I really hope this doesn't get out of hand, even though it already looks like it has... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 This is beyond stupid. 1. The millions of peaceful muslims don't deserve this 2. This could trigger the handful of extremist muslims do something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEVDALIZA 1,274 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Oh, how wonderful.. The rally should focus their anger on the crazy, fundamentalist terrorists and not antagonize the peaceful followers of Islam. This, ffs operating from another world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2007 5,291 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Smh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teo 609 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 They should really try harder it make it like they're just protesting extremism or they'll end up looking like assholes.... And this will do more bad that good anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov Hooka 8,008 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 inb4 people come in saying Islamophobia is not a problem and that it's not that bad since it's okay to hold rallies that only criticize and offend the religion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Dey 1,847 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 no thats not the right way to deal with it. It's not about religion at all anymore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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