Published on Jan 12, 2015
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Dresden for an anti-Islamisation rally called in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
It came despite calls from senior German politicians for marchers to stay at home.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas had appealed for people not to attend the Pegida organisation's rally.
And Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will attend a protest in Berlin by Muslim organisations on Tuesday.
Mr Maas was one of several leading politicians to urge the Pegida march organisers not to "misuse" the deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket.
However the rally went ahead despite the calls for it to be cancelled.
Marchers in the eastern city carried banners expressing solidarity with the French cartoonists killed by Islamists in Paris.
A minute's silence in memory of the dead was also expected to be held.
It came despite calls from senior German politicians for marchers to stay at home.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas had appealed for people not to attend the Pegida organisation's rally.
And Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will attend a protest in Berlin by Muslim organisations on Tuesday.
Mr Maas was one of several leading politicians to urge the Pegida march organisers not to "misuse" the deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket.
However the rally went ahead despite the calls for it to be cancelled.
Marchers in the eastern city carried banners expressing solidarity with the French cartoonists killed by Islamists in Paris.
A minute's silence in memory of the dead was also expected to be held.
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