A new alliance called “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the occident” (PEGIDA), have initiated demonstrations in the city of Dresden. According to police authorities, more than 5000 people participated at the demonstrations. These demonstrations mark a further wave of protests against Muslim immigrants and refugees after the right-wing initiative “Hooligans against Salafists” (HoGeSa), which…
01.07.2011 Several politicians and local residents participated in a commemoration service for Marwa El-Sherbini, a 32-year-old Egyptian woman who was killed in a court in Dresden two years ago. El-Sherbini, who was a witness in a criminal case, was stabbed by the defendant, against whom she had testified, during an appeal hearing. During the commemoration…
02.06.2011/ 03.06.2011 From June 1st – 5th, Protestant Christians from across Germany came together in Dresden for their biannual convention called “Kirchentag” (“Church Day”). Amongst the topics for discussion at various events throughout the five days were controversial political issues, such as Germany’s abandoning of nuclear power and sexual abuse scandals within the Church. German…
18.05.2011 On Tuesday night, someone spray-painted inflammatory anti-Muslim graffiti on a mosque in Dresden. While the perpetrators are unknown, the police suspect a politically motivated offense. Due to its construction and the lack of a minaret, the mosque cannot easily be identified as a place of worship. It has been the first attack of this…
3 December 2010 The family of the pregnant Egyptian woman murdered last year in a Dresden courtroom has filed a case against the two judges on the bench that day for not preventing her death. Marwa El-Sherbini, dubbed the “veil martyr,” was stabbed to death in a courtroom in July 2009 in a racially motivated…
