https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thousands of protesters massed in the eastern German city of Dresden on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the anti-migrant and Islamophobic movement Pegida. https://www.thelocal.de/20161016/thousands-mark-two-years-of-german-anti-migrant-pegida Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:38:45 +0200 thousands-mark-two-years-of-german-anti-migrant-pegida He has infamously referred to refugees as "cattle" and "scum", but now Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann might feel some sympathy, after "persecution" has forced him to flee to the Spanish colonial remnant of Tenerife off the coast of West Africa. https://www.thelocal.de/20160921/leader-of-anti-refugee-pegida-becomes-refugee-in-africa Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:18:38 +0200 leader-of-anti-refugee-pegida-becomes-refugee-in-africa Lutz Bachmann, the head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, was found guilty by a Dresden court on Tuesday of inciting hatred. https://www.thelocal.de/20160503/pegida-leader-found-guilty-of-inciting-hatred Tue, 03 May 2016 19:39:53 +0200 pegida-leader-found-guilty-of-inciting-hatred The founder of Germany's xenophobic and anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement will appear in court Tuesday on hate speech charges for branding refugees "cattle" and "scum" on social media. https://www.thelocal.de/20160419/pegida-founder-to-face-trial-over-online-hate-speech Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:45:18 +0200 pegida-founder-to-face-trial-over-online-hate-speech Just four weeks after announcing his resignation in the wake of a Hitler selfie scandal, the founder of the anti-Islam movement Pegida has been voted back into leadership. https://www.thelocal.de/20150223/pegida-leader-hitler-selfie-back Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:27:44 +0100 pegida-leader-hitler-selfie-back Lutz Bachmann, founder of anti-Islam movement Pegida, said on Monday that the group was ready to choose a candidate to run for Dresden city hall in June. https://www.thelocal.de/20150217/dresden-pegida-plans-mayoral-bid-islamophobia Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:37:49 +0100 dresden-pegida-plans-mayoral-bid-islamophobia After the departure of their leader apparent over a photo of him styled as Adolf Hitler, more members of the central core of Germany's anti-Islamisation movement are leaving the flock, including its most recognisable face. https://www.thelocal.de/20150128/pegida-spokeswoman-reported-to-be-leaving-group Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:29:05 +0100 pegida-spokeswoman-reported-to-be-leaving-group New ire has come from the leader of anti-Islam movement Pegida after newspapers revealed on Wednesday that he once posted a picture of himself dressed as Adolf Hitler captioned: "He's back". https://www.thelocal.de/20150121/images-of-pegida-leader-styled-as-hitler-emerge Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:07:35 +0100 images-of-pegida-leader-styled-as-hitler-emerge UPDATE: A spokesperson has said that Monday's cancellation of Germany's anti-Islamic Pegida movement on Monday, was not the end of the ogranisation. A death threat against organizers from the Islamic State jihadist group was confirmed on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150118/german-anti-islam-group-cancels-rally-over-is-death-threat Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:13:56 +0100 german-anti-islam-group-cancels-rally-over-is-death-threat They've grown from a small Facebook community to a worldwide phenomenon. Sabine Devins looks at Pegida's rise to prominence and what it is they really stand for as the movement spreads across Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20150116/what-exactly-is-pegida-islam-germany-europe Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:03:13 +0100 what-exactly-is-pegida-islam-germany-europe