Werner Patzelt

Participants take part in a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West", in Dresden January 5, 2015.

Never mind the cross, Germany’s ‘anti-Islamization’ movement isn’t really Christian

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Far-right protesters with the “anti-Islamization” movement in Germany called PEGIDA like to wave the national flag. They also hold up the cross. But that doesn’t mean it’s a Christian movement.

A man waves a German flag during a PEGIDA demonstration last month in Dresden, Germany.

Germany’s anti-Islamization movement has faltered, but its grievances remain

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