
{"id":6427,"date":"2015-01-20T07:19:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T06:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=6427\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T22:24:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:24:43","slug":"anti-islam-demos-fail-to-attract-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/anti-islam-demos-fail-to-attract-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Islam demos fail to attract support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One week after 25,000 Germans gathered on the streets of Dresden to demonstrate against the \u2018Islamification of Europe\u2019, around 200 Danes met up in Copenhagen and no more than 30 in Denmark\u2019s second city, Aarhus. This is according to reports on Seven59.dk and Politiko.dk.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the apparent apathy, PEGIDA spokesman, Nicolai Sennels, said he was pleased to see a broad cross-section of the public show willing to publicly show their concern about the things that are happening right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that some people are prepared to stand up and say violence and terror are unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Analyst: Will not take off in Denmark<\/h2>\n<p>However, more people attended counter demonstrations in both cities. In Aarhus the \u2018Aarhus for Diversity\u2019 organisation attracted around 300 people, and the same number were mobilised in the capital by the \u2018Revolutionary Anti-Fascists\u2019 movement.<\/p>\n<p>PEGIDA has announced more demonstrations over the following Mondays but senior researcher Cecilie Banke of the Danish Institute of International Studies said anti-Islamist demonstrations would have difficulty attracting a lot of people because Denmark, compared to Germany, hasn\u2019t suppressed criticism of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had an open debate which has allowed people to express their concern and, at times, fairly rabid views about Muslims. 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