The Pegida Anti-Immigration Movement Splits Germany | The New York Times 

There is nothing wrong with defending your country from foreigners who are not willing to integrate. Europe is for Europeans! -Indonesian exmuslim

It is fine when people immigrate, but they should do so only if they have decided in their hearts that they want to assimilate. Otherwise, if they truly love their current culture, they should stay in their own countries and improve them.

Business wants cheap labour. Stand up people or lose your countries

Pegida is not fascist they are protect family

PEGIDA isn't splitting Germany .. ISLAM is splitting EUROPE !! Wake Up

Finally,I can see normal people in Europe,who are willing to defend their rights and interests..

England is with you Germany 🇩🇪 stay strong guys

These "welcomers" changed their minds after the New Years incident in germany

So she's crying because her fathers opinion differs from hers..

these people are 100% just in what they are doing . I pray for them to be successful . GOD BLESS ! from Ireland .

Keep going Germany greetings from brazil

German-Persian guy here. I support AFD and the anti-asyl movement. Germany is being islamized.

Bravo GERMANY BIG SUPPORT FORM CROATIAN BROTHERS ..STOP MIGRANTS AND ISLAM AGGRESSIVE INVASION ..!!!

stand firm German. Take back your country. Never & ever give up your people & your land.

Accepting the migrants culture? Excuse me?

Europe for Europeans !

What’s wrong with wanting to conserve their culture and the safety of their country?

So it's not racism but rather against ideology?

Bring back the Kaiser of Germany, and bring back the Tsar of Russia. Power to the Fatherland and the Motherland

GERMANS ,BE CAREFUL OF WHOM YOU HAVE MERCY BECAUSE SOON YOU WILL REGRET !!!!!!!!!!!!

God bless Germany ! 上帝保佑德国！

Has anyone thought what this massive influx of non native people's will do to tourism (a big part of European economy)? I mean, why do people travel? Why do they plan out European vacations? Every country in the world has their own indigenous people, history, culture, architecture, social interactions etc etc etc. People from other countries plan out extensive vacations with full itineraries of experiencing the sites, sounds, foods and culture of a nation different than theirs. If European countries begin to lose their culture and unique histories, if architecture begins to be demolished or replaced with mosques or other such things, what will this do to the tourism industry in Europe? I legitimately want to know, I'm an immigrant in my country, so I'm not trying to be anti-immigration. Just asking about the future.

Although I am Asian immigrant to Australia, you might find it ironic that my family and I have views that Europe should not follow the trend of multiculturalism. Europe is the cradle and mother of western civilization. Their native people should always be the majority. I've never been to Europe but I'd hate for it to have finally lost its feel when I do get the chance to visit.

Wir sind das Volk!

Respect Pegida from Russia

Support from Czech

Wake up Europe, Wake up GERMANY!!! Respect from Argentina Keep going Pegida!

VIVA PEGIDA! LET'S CLEAN EUROPE!!!

Respect that they are standing up for their homes

Europa! Jugend! Reconquista!

Please be very spektical of the translations. Apparently the NY Times cannot find a qualified German speaker? One of the marchers says "wir werden hier mittlerweile selber ausgegrenzt". This means "by now, we (the natives) are the ones being marginalized". It does not mean "we are already in the minority".

Time for Germany to assert it's nationhood properly again. Militarily and Economically, Historically, Culturally and Socially.

it's upsetting, that's why she's crying...Germany is a very tolerant, free country- not used to that kind of bullyism and needing to stand up for itself AGAINST ANYone...historically horrid. I find it interesting - and incredibly infuriating- that those who stand up for their rights against immigrants who don't WANT to be German, who don't WANT to respect,follow, defend,adhere to the constitution and grown German culture of thousands of years and who want to change itr to THEIRS IN their host country- that THOSE who stand up for the GERMAN CONSTITUTION and Bill of Rights are called and portrayed as NAZIS. What a cheap attempt to muffle to gag them. Standing up for your country and its history and culture doesn't make anyone a "Nazi". Actively working on stopping others from speaking up in their own country, bullying them, threatening them - THAT could be called NAZI behavior,folks...nobody minds TOURISTS who don't speak German, TOURISTS who cling to THEIR culture - but if you want to become a German citizen, carry the passport, enjoy the benefots, well- then you HAVE to speak German and adopt the constitution,no matter what your Imam or father,brother etc. tried to make you do. If you can't do that, leave. They should be MADE to leave. "Wir sind das Volk" meaning "We are the people".... finally, after Hitler and the following hatred towards Germans, a feeling of Self Worth ,of needing to fight for their constitutional rights, their glorious history and culture ( there was life and culture BEFORE the Austrian Hitler and his atrocities). In short- immigrants are welcome. as long as they assimilate and WANT to BECOME German. Just like with ANY OTHER country. If they want to establish their old country ,their old country's consitution, religious practices and rights and legal system, create a parallel society with its own ethica,cultural,legal system on German soil, they need to leave. They need to be MADE to leave-ASAP. Pronto.STAT.

Muslims remember that Poland is not Germany Poland is a Christian country

Germans must accept immigrants culture but immigrants dont have to accept german culture

Merkel has split Germany, not Pegida.

Just think if they came to the USA!! I'm 99% with immigration laws! Go Germany!! Anti-immigration!

If germany does not settle this, all it takes is some loud-speaking guy with funny moustache.

save europe pls

Jew York times.

there is a price for cheap labor, and it looks like Germany is going to pay it after all.

EUROPEANS! DO NOT FORGET OUR GREAT HISTORY! THIS IS OUR FATHERLAND!

Of course Pegida is right. Why would anyone be in favor of islamization of anything?

TO ALL THOSE FROM SWEDEN: I LOVE YOUR FLAG! BLUE AND GOLD IS BEAUTIFUL, ROYAL AND MAJESTIC!

this same thing happen in india, muslim play victim card every time

No reason to hate. Just limit the number of immigrants from Muslim countries. But don't hate anyone. Hatred only leads to violence and violence is a downward spiral that consumes everything, even you.

keep up good work guys;-)

Why is she crying?

Full suport from Tennessee. islam is a major problem. PEGIDA is doing the right thing. I only wish we coupd do these things in America

THESE GERMAN PEOPLE ARE BEGGING FOR HELP FOR THIS TO STOP AND THEY ARE NOT BEING HEARD WHY????????? THEY ARE FRIGHTENED..............THIS IS SO SAD.......PEOPEL FEEL GUTTED.............WHAT A DISGRACE.....

PEGIDA = Nazis

Notice how the father can accept and support the daughters beliefs. But the daughter has an emotional breakdown about her fathers beliefs. Who really are the intolerant ones? Which ones are driven by logic and reason, and which ones are driven by out of control emotions?

Can you blame them? can you really blame them?

So what is the problem about Pagida? It is peaceful demonstration by German citizens. If German citizens in have no voice in Germany than Germany is in BIG trouble. Obviously German citizens are uniting in a shared grievance. There is a considerable number of them so it is not imaginary. And what was the young daughter crying about? Her father supports her having a difference of opinion. She is growing up in a difficult world. Not all who claim to be refugees are what they pretend to be.

White and secular Europe!

UK FOR PEGIDA Europe NEEDS TO REALISE HOW BAD ISLAM IS look a bloody Luton...

Out with politicians.

Some Germans told me that they care about immigrants and accept all of them because of their bad Nazi heritage. I am a Russian and I believe that German culture is great. There is no need to destroy Germany due to national pardon feeling and excessive responsibility for all countries and all people. Liberalism is important yet there are objective prerequisites that immigrants have to accept if they want to live in a new country.

An example, my grandfather emigrated from Denmark. I never once heard a word of Danish in his home in my life, except the word skoal, wish they used to toast drinking champagne on New Years Eve.

Pegida : best choice

i stand with pegida

Terrible how that girl is forced into such a biggoted, shitty family, being forced to accept those inhumane believes, even though she clearly has problems to combine it with her reason and feelings. Disgusting

Oh, it was necessary to have the Nazis as a synonym for the German word in 1945 to destroy the root of all in vain, we have taken pity on your surrender but the second time we have not done such a mistake

Let them rise

Europe is standing up

They are anti- Muslim not anti-Immigration.

If the migrants think that you and your government are fools because you show compassion then they need to be shown the door. The percentage of immigrants should not exceed 2 percent ever, get the wrong people out of office and put loyalist in.

I really hardly understand his daughters...totally brainwashed..

İ am not European citizen. But I prefer to seen European people in Europe when I travel in Europe asa tourist and to see Europe as it was all time. So I also support such type of demonstrations against islamization of Europe!!!!

Meh, pretty biased and one-sided. Where are the "experts" to show the other side of the argument and point out legitimate concerns about mass immigration? Just putting it all down to racism and conflating nationalism with bigotry is pretty narrow-minded, regardless of whether Pegida really does have less than good intentions. It would be nice to have some impartial reporting for once.

Happy New Years!!

Why are the counter demonstrations in English?

Deutschland should be preserved for German people. Trespassers must be prosecuted!

Resistance is to be expected. Thankfully this time, resistance is not futile.

Thank you for posting this and taking it overseas!

Germany needs to be divided, perhaps an east and west Germany.

For those who don`t know : Dresden is in east Germany and hardly any people from Arabic or Turkish countries have ever lived there (used to be DDR ) People in eastern German countries are not used to foreign faces, hardly ever talked to them or have them as work collegues. So they just don`t know and act out of stupidity..maybe they have been to visit Berlin or Hamburg and freak out. Apart from that they are just simple, poor minded people who are afraid of what they don`t know. Truth is that you would never advice a foreign looking person to travel far into eatern Germany / Berlin because it might get dangerous. It is very unfair to place asylum seekers in Eastern German cities because it IS dangerous for them there..outside the refugee homers they can sometimes visit the supermarkets only with police protection. Very very sad for Germany!

These people migrate to Europe for a life and once they reach the shores they start to demand. It's the nature of Islam - to demand and conquer. It's not difficult to imagine what would happen if the EU let these demanding people to settle in their land.

Germany has no choice to be split between people who want Germany to live and people who want Germany to die

I have also made a film surrounding a Pegida march, the first one outside of Germany. check it out if you're interested and let me know what you think cheers.

Wow. New York's telling the truth.

no racism no nationalism no antisemitism no discussion ..NOW TRY THIS IN iSRAEL no racism open borders to non jewish immigration no nationalism no discussion ....... and see where that gets you.

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And 8 years down the line it seems like Germany is an arabic country.

Germany will always suffer ww2 Guilt, and that will be it's downfall. I'm sorry to say, this movement didn't stand a chance against islam . RIP Pegida

today you talk about Germany, tomorrow it will be America

Actually it isnt that big how it looks, there are a lot more people against pegida... (sorry for my bad english) :)

You are not the people you are the past....

FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR CULTURE..... JOIN THE FAR RIGHT

You can not tolerate the intolerable

I support Pegida 100%

I have not cried for a long time. This docu has made me so sad that a few tears have flowed. I'm shocked, angy, sad, desperately. PEGIDA is not "just" against Islam. I am a Asian guy and I have already been attacked. PEGIDA have to be stoped! PEGIDA is the downfall of German culture! I am even more shocked by the German racists here in the comments. Shame Germany, shame

The worst thing that you ever done...God bless Europe

Pegidas are trying to abandon sense of responsibility about sins of the past But when it comes to accepting past history, Germany has no choice

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So much hate here. These people are refugees and they need help because of the war. On the other side USA is taken 15.000, Spain 15.000, France 20.000 and Germany has no Limit. The forecast was 800.000 until last week. The new number for refugees 2015 in Germany is raised to 1.500.000. Yes 1.5 Million people. The heart is wide open, but we have to find a better way to devide these people between countries and we must definitly stop Isis!

welcome refugees?germans will pay price for that.....and rest od d europe too

How the hell do you get "anti immigration" from "anti islamization"? They're not the same thing.

Long Live Hungry.. The Serfs from the Dark Age Monarchies of Islam MUST NOT PASS !

i have the feeling that only politicpeople want this refugess..how can i be proud for a country like germany with this goverment ?! impossible... if the germans could vote direct about stuff like this..the crisis is over and our border safe