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Tommy Robinson, an organiser behind the anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA UK, has been found unconscious after a night out with his family. He is said to have sustained head injuries, and is now recovering in hospital. “Tommy attacked – for those of

Arabic news channel Al Jazeera has admitted to selectively editing an interview with Tommy Robinson, one of the organisers behind PEGIDA UK, to remove critical references to Muhammed, the prophet of Islam, as well as to Israel and the death penalty

The PEGIDA demonstration against political Islam passed off peacefully in both Birmingham, England and Canberra, Australia yesterday, but other meetings in Europe were met with scenes of violence. The leader of PEGIDA Ireland was hospitalised with injuries, while in Calais

Thousands of people have attended a rally in Dresden today organised by the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) movement. The crowds gathered in the early afternoon and walked along the banks of the River Elbe, holding

Anti-migrant protesters in the French port city of Calais Saturday clashed with police as they defied a ban and rallied in support of a Europe-wide initiative by the Islamophobic Pegida movement. Around 150 protesters gathered in central Calais carrying signs

Police have warned they will “come down hard” on any troublemakers at the PEGIDA UK walk in Birmingham this weekend, where there will be a “highly visible police presence”. The police threat comes the day after local Member of Parliament Liam

From Jamie Bartlett writing in the Telegraph: A few weeks back, Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League, sent me his self-published memoirs, called Enemy of the State. The book has been largely ignored by most of the

The prefecture of Calais has taken steps to prevent the local branch of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) marching through the French port town on Saturday, citing possible clashes with far left groups. Movement leaders in

Conservative Christians are flocking to support the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, to the horror of the church, and the establishment. Each Wednesday members of the AfD rally in Erfurt, the capital city of the German state of Thuringia.

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and de facto EU boss, said in her New Year message at the outset of 2015 that Pegida had “hate in their hearts”. It’s an interesting comment from a woman who sees her own people attacked in

Anti Islamisation movement PEGIDA UK has published flyers instructing far right groups to “stay away” from their “silent walk” in Birmingham this February, and insisting PEGIDA is racially inclusive. PEGIDA UK was launched in January last year by a group including

‘Anti-migrant’ and so called ‘anti-fascist’ groups have clashed in Dover today, as both are staging simultaneous protests in the Kent coastal town. Labour MP Diane Abbott has attended the demonstration, joining forces with communists and socialists from across Europe in

A journalist at the Birmingham Mail has admitted “campaigning” in opposition to PEGIDA UK – the anti-Islamist movement recently launched in the UK. Reporter Neil Elkes has admitted to PEGIDA’s leader Tommy Robinson that his paper had adopted an “editorial line” “against” Mr.

A group of football hooligans attacked businesses in Leipzig, east Germany on Monday night, attacking businesses in a known left-wing area of the city. The attacks by football hooligans who appear to be increasingly attaching themselves to the otherwise peaceful PEGIDA

The leader of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident (PEGIDA) street protest movement is facing prosecution for wearing a t-shirt reading, “Rapefugees not welcome” – the slogan of the 4000-strong march in Cologne this weekend. Following the news

COLOGNE, Germany: A peaceful protest turned violent in the blink of an eye today as German police turned water canon on the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of Europe (PEGIDA) march against the rape of German girls by refugees. The protest

Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) have rallied outside Cologne’s main train station today, the location of nearly 200 migrant sex attacks on New Year’s Eve. Around 4,000 turned out for the protest against allowing

Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) have rallied outside the main train station in Cologne today, the location of nearly 200 migrant sex attacks on New Year’s Eve. Around 1700 PEGIDA supporters and 1300 counter demonstrators

COLOGNE, Germany: PEGIDA UK coordinator and former leader of the EDL Tommy Robinson told Breitbart London German chancellor Angela Merkel is “single handedly destroying Europe”. Talking over breakfast as Mr. Robinson (pictured) made notes for the speech he is due to make

Two days after launching the UK branch of pan-European anti-Islamisation movement PEGIDA, Tommy Robinson has been arrested and charged with an assault allegedly committed in prison in 2014. Documents confirm police dropped the case in October 2015.  “The police told my solicitors I was

BEDFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — In a small Bedfordshire village on Monday, former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson held a press conference in a second attempt at launching a UK branch of the anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA, which started in

A solemn hymn released by the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) unexpectedly hit no.1 in the German singles chart in time for New Year’s Eve, but distributor Amazon has signalled their displeasure by giving away their

While the Belgian capital’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks have been cancelled because of the terror threat in Brussels, a small German town has taken the unusual step of banning bangers over fears it may trigger traumatised foreigners. Inhabitants of the

A wordless hymn released to raise funds for the German anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA has knocked British pop sensation Adele off of the top of the Amazon singles chart. The instrumental tune, named “Gemeinsam sind wir stark!” Or “Together we’re strong” has

Thousands celebrated the end of a year’s campaigning against mass migration on Monday night at the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) rally on the banks of the river Elbe in Dresden, Germany. Relocated from their usual spot

A fictionalised civil war in Austria with mocked-up news reports and a child being shot by militants is being shown to pupils in junior schools to children will learn to be more accepting of migrants. Parents are protesting after children

It has emerged that the great majority of those arrested during the neo-Nazi march in Leipzig, Germany on Saturday were left wing counter-demonstrators, who threw rocks and fireworks at police and lit fires in the street.  Around 150 right wing

Water cannon has been deployed on the streets of Leipzig, Germany against a protest which appeared to include neo-Nazis and PEGIDA members, while a larger left-wing counter demonstration saw fireworks and rocks and rocks thrown. The march was comparatively small for German

Tommy Robinson, the co-founder of the English Defence League (EDL), is ready to chart a new course in right-wing politics. In six weeks time he plans to establish Pegida UK as part of a pan-European push by anti-immigration parties to

“The attacks didn’t come out of nowhere” said a speaker at last night’s Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Continent (PEGIDA) rally in Dresden, Germany, as marchers called for an end to mass migration. The meeting kicked off with one

Police seized “offensive” Mohammed cartoons during a demonstration by the Dutch branch of the Patriotic European Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) movement in the city of Utrecht this weekend. The rally, which attracted around 150 supporters, criticised the

Tommy Robinson, the ex-leader of the English Defence League (EDL), has been barred from speaking at Durham University. Mr Robinson was planning to talk about free speech and “political policing,” which he alleges has now been used to silence him. On

Addressing the PEGIDA anniversary rally, Tommy Robinson, the ex-leader of the English Defence League (EDL), evoked millennia of civilisational struggle in Europe to protect its culture and borders in the face of the current migrant crisis, and demonstrate that it is nothing like the crisis

Thousands descended upon Dresden, Germany, to mark the first anniversary of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident (PEGIDA). Other cities hosted rallies as well, but none compared to Dresden. Attendees either for or against PEGIDA flooded social media with pictures and videos.

Tens of thousands of supporters are expected to gather in Dresden, Germany this evening to mark the first anniversary of anti-Islamisation movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA). The German government once again denounced the “hate” movement

Prosecutors in the German state of Saxony are investigating Monday night’s PEGIDA protest after photographs circulated on social media showing a mocked-up gallows, complete with hangman’s nooses. Attached to the plaited ropes dangling from the arm of the gallows were