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January 6, 2015

Germany: Tens of Thousands Oppose Anti-Muslim Rallies 
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Tens of thousands of people have rallied against racism across Germany
amidst a rise in anti-Muslim protests. On Monday, the latest rally by
the anti-immigrant group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of
the West, or Pegida, drew a record 18,000 people in Dresden. The city's
landmark Cologne Cathedral shut off its lights, leaving the surrounding
square in darkness, in an bid to deter the protesters.

 

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