| Author (Corporate) | Deutsche Welle |
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| Series Title | Article |
| Series Details | 20.01.15 |
| Publication Date | 20/01/2015 |
| Content Type | News |
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Some 200 Danes wielding torches and placards marched in Denmark's first anti-Islam PEGIDA rally amid concerns the country could be targeted by Islamic extremists. Nicolai Sennels, once a candidate for the anti-immigrant Danish People's Party (DPP), organised the demonstration. Among his previous attacks on Islam was a suggestion that in order to rid the country of fundamentalists, the government should ban the sale of halal meat. The DPP won the most votes during the election for European Parliament in 2014. Deutsche Welle and other media sources reported that Austria's first PEGIDA rally was met with more than ten times the number of people in a counter-protest. The marches came at a time of increasing religious tension in Vienna, according to the sources. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://dw.de/p/1EN7Y |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs, Values and Beliefs |
| Countries / Regions | Denmark |
