(19 Oct 2015) Thousands of people gathered in Dresden on Monday to mark the the first anniversary and show support for the anti-Islam group, PEGIDA.
Authorities in the eastern city stepped up security precautions for the event, amid warnings from senior German officials that the anti-Islam group is stirring up hatred that could lead to violence.
A surge of migrants to Germany over the summer has fueled a revival of fortunes for the group - whose name stands for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West" - with crowds to weekly rallies growing steadily.
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