Germany: Thousands stage anti-immigration rally, rail against 'Islamization of West'

The rally by a fast-growing grass-roots movement calling itself PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, was its 10th and largest so far.

Participants hold German national flags during a demonstration organized by anti-immigration group Pediga at Dresden.

Participants hold German national flags during a demonstration organized by anti-immigration group Pediga at Dresden.

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ByREUTERS

DECEMBER 23, 2014 09:23