Global InformationPegida information
Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes | |
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| Abbreviation | Pegida |
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| Formation | 11 October 2014[4] |
| Legal status | Eingetragener Verein[5] (registered voluntary association) |
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Official language | German |
Chair | Lutz Bachmann |
| Website | pegida |
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] and defines itself in opposition to Islamic extremism.
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]
- ^ 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
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- ^ a b "The Pegida Movement and German Political Culture: Is Right-Wing Populism Here to Stay?"
- ^ Popp, Maximilian; Wassermann, Andreas (12 January 2015). "Prying into Pegida: Where Did Germany's Islamophobes Come From". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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- Alexander I. Stingl (16 December 2015). The Digital Coloniality of Power: Epistemic Disobedience in the Social Sciences and the Legitimacy of the Digital Age. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-0193-4.
has led, induced by the media event that is ISIS, to the resurgence of a populist demonstration culture in PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) on the extreme Right, which has found supporters in the ...
- "PEGIDA in Germany".
- "The Pegida Movement and German Political Culture: Is Right-Wing Populism Here to Stay?"
- Bayraklı, Enes; Farid Hafez (23 March 2016). European Islamophobia Report 2015. SETA. p. 56. ISBN 978-605-4023-68-4.
Although founded in neighbouring Germany, PEGIDA has gained some support in Belgium. Support for the far-right and Islamophobic organisation is more keenly seen in Dutch-speaking Flanders, than in francophone Wallonia and Brussels.
- Margetts, Helen; John, Peter; Hale, Scott A.; Yasseri, Taha (2016). Political turbulence: how social media shape collective action. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780691159225.
Some have seen the rise of far-right and anti-Islamist groups, as in Germany where protests by the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident (PEGIDA) have been attended by thousands, matched by a counter-movement of ...
- Greg Albo; Leo Panitch (22 December 2015). The Politics of the Right: Socialist Register 2016. Monthly Review Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-58367-575-5.
Pegida is a classic far-right anti-immigration movement.
- Shannon Latkin Anderson (19 November 2015). Immigration, Assimilation, and the Cultural Construction of American National Identity. Taylor & Francis. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-317-32875-9.
In Germany, the far-right anti-Islam movement Pegida found massive audience in its anti-Islamic, anti-immigration marches
- "Anti-Islam Organization PEGIDA Is Exporting Hate Across Europe". Newsweek.
The 200 or so demonstrators trudging down the road are supporters of PEGIDA, a far-right German group whose name is an acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident.
- "France bans march through Calais by far-right Pegida group". International Business Times.
- "Germany's refugee crisis is fueling the far-right Pegida movement". Public Radio International.
- "Germany reveals plans to relax deportation rules for foreign criminals". CNN.
Protesters from the far-right PEGIDA movement attend a rally in Leipzig on Monday
- Alexander I. Stingl (16 December 2015). The Digital Coloniality of Power: Epistemic Disobedience in the Social Sciences and the Legitimacy of the Digital Age. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-0193-4.
- ^ "The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany". Der Spiegel. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Who goes to German Pegida 'anti-Islamisation' rallies". BBC News. 13 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Germany's Pegida anti-Islam movement unravelling". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2015.
- ^ Knight, Ben (23 February 2015). "Pegida head Lutz Bachmann reinstated after furore over Hitler moustache photo". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ 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.