Pegida UK has chosen the northern English cities of Manchester and Newcastle – seen as friendlier centres than multicultural London or Birmingham, the city with Britain’s largest population of Muslims – for its initial marches and is waiting for permission from those cities to hold the demonstrations. Dates have not yet been set, though the group’s founder said he expects they will happen with “a couple of weeks.” “This is going to be huge,” said the 33-year-old Swiss national who manages Pegida UK’s Facebook page and e-mail account. In a telephone interview, he said his name was David and that he lives and works in Britain. He said he had been inspired to launch Pegida UK after attending several of the marches in Dresden, and that the movement had gained many new followers in the immediate aftermath of the attacks in Paris. He said his group was supporters by “people in the middle who are just concerned about the security of Europe, about the terrorist attacks and the number of people going to Syria to fight and then coming back. They’re concerned about the Islamisation of the country – more and more halal food, less and less Christianity.”
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:12:47 +0000
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