--- title: 'Charlie Hebdo' Tragedy Creates Momentum for German Right Wing description: The protests against "Islamization" in the German city of Dresden will now have a new rallying cry canonical: https://time.com/3659679/charlie-hebdo-german-right-wing/ author: Simon Shuster article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-08T17:32:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:40:43.510Z article:section: World og:title: 'Charlie Hebdo' Tragedy Creates Momentum for German Right Wing og:description: The protests against "Islamization" in the German city of Dresden will now have a new rallying cry og:url: https://time.com/3659679/charlie-hebdo-german-right-wing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecdc4432d063e80a/698778da524fc0ff0ddebcb7/pegida-dresden-germany-right-wing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pegida Demonstrations Continue og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Charlie Hebdo' Tragedy Creates Momentum for German Right Wing twitter:description: The protests against "Islamization" in the German city of Dresden will now have a new rallying cry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecdc4432d063e80a/698778da524fc0ff0ddebcb7/pegida-dresden-germany-right-wing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Charlie Hebdo_ Tragedy Creates Momentum for German Right Wing > Sponsored content. 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Obama Comments on Paris Attack_  by [Simon Shuster / Berlin](https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/)  ## Simon Shuster / Berlin Senior Correspondent Jan 8, 2015 5:32 PM UTC  Supporters of the Pegida movement hold up their smartphones at the conclusion of another of their weekly gatherings on Jan. 5, 2015 in Dresden, Germany. Supporters of the Pegida movement hold up their smartphones at the conclusion of another of their weekly gatherings on Jan. 5, 2015 in Dresden, Germany.Sean Gallup—Getty Images  by [Simon Shuster / Berlin](https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/)  ## Simon Shuster / Berlin Senior Correspondent Jan 8, 2015 5:32 PM UTC On Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after the [massacre at the French satirical magazine](http://time.com/3659164/charlie-hebdo-paris-suspects/) _Charlie Hebdo_, the newest right-wing movement in neighboring Germany took the chance to declare itself prophetic. Since it was founded in October, the group known as PEGIDA — or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West — had been rallying every Monday in the city of Dresden to warn against the threat it saw from an influx of Muslim immigrants. Now, with Islamic extremists suspected of attacking the Paris newsroom of _Charlie Hebdo_, the PEGIDA movement felt its cause was validated. “The Islamists, which PEGIDA has been warning about for 12 weeks, showed France that they are not capable of democracy, but instead look to violence and death as an answer,” the group said on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/pages/PEGIDA/790669100971515?ref=bookmarks). “Our politicians want us to believe the opposite. Must such a tragedy happen here in Germany first?” The slaughter at _Charlie Hebdo_, which was apparently attacked for publishing cartoons that mocked the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, could not have come at a more opportune time for PEGIDA and its activists. Their weekly protests against the perceived “Islamization” of Germany had been gaining momentum for months, but not quite as fast as the public and political backlash against them. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had even used her televised [address on New Year’s Eve](http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Webs/BKin/DE/Mediathek/Einstieg/mediathek%5Feinstieg%5Fpodcasts%5Fnode.html;jsessionid=D9F30B5059B77225945AC2A3206ACF71.s3t1?cat=podcasts) to condemn PEGIDA’s activists as having “coldness and even hate in their hearts.” Since mid-December, counterdemonstrations calling for tolerance and openness toward Muslim migrants around the country had begun to drown out PEGIDA’s rallies in Dresden. ### France Stands in Silence for Terror Attack Victims  French President Francois Hollande, center, with interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve, left, and Paris police prefect Bernard Boucault, right, stands for a minute of silence, at Paris Prefecture in Paris, Jan. 8, 2015. Remy de la Mauviniere—AP  The French national flag waves at a half mast on a building in Paris, Jan. 8,2015. Fredrik Von Erichsen—dpa/Corbis  A young woman holds aloft a symbolic pen as she joins others gathered for a minute of silence in front of Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Jan. 8, 2014. Ian Langsdon—EPA  Journalists of international press agency Agence France-Presse hold signs reading "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) at their headquarters in Paris as they observe a minute of silence on Jan. 8, 2015. Francoir Xavier Marit—AFP/Getty Images  People observe a minute of silence in front of the city hall in Toulouse, on Jan. 8, 2015. Remy Gabaldi—AFP/Getty Images  People observe a minute of silence in Strasbourg, eastern France on Jan. 8, 2015. Frederick Florin—AFP/Getty Images  Young Parisians gather for a minute of silence in front of Notre Dame cathedral, Jan 8, 2014. Ian Langsdon—EPA  An older citizen removes his hat in a rain shower as he joins others gathered for a minute of silence in front of Notre Dame cathedral, Jan. 8, 2014. Ian Langsdon—EPA  Floral tributes are laid on the ground during a minutes silence in Paris on Jan. 8, 2015. Martin Bureau—AFP/Getty Images  A poster reads 'Je suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) amid symbolic pens and pencils on Place de la Republique as people gather for a minute of silence commemorating those killed in a shooting at French satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', in Paris, Jan. 8, 2015. Etienne Laurent—EPA But that trend could now be reversed. “The movement itself will definitely interpret \[the attack on _Charlie Hebdo_\] as a vindication for its very existence,” says Carool Kersten, who studies Islam at King’s College University in London. That was clear from the reactions coming from the more established forces on Germany’s political right. Frank Franz, the chairman of the far-right National Democratic Party, which has supported the PEGIDA demonstrations, declared on Wednesday in a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/ff.frankfranz/posts/1134646346583965) that the terrorist attack in Paris had revealed the “brutal and hateful grimace” of European multiculturalism. The leaders of another right-wing party, Alternative for Germany, also chimed in with their support. Against the background of the massacre in Paris, “the demands of PEGIDA have particular relevance and weight,” [said](http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/charlie-hebdo-afd-und-npd-unterstuetzen-pegida-a-1011808.html) the party’s spokesman and one of its founding members, Alexander Gauland. Even a week ago PEGIDA’s relevance was still an open question. The region of Saxony, where the movement was formed this fall, is one of the most racially homogenous in the country, with Muslim immigrants making up less than 1% of the population. Its most recent rally on Jan. 5 in the regional capital of Dresden was the largest to date, drawing some 18,000 people. But that showing was dwarfed by the counterdemonstrations held in several cities around the country, including Cologne and Berlin. ### Front Pages React to Paris Terror Attack  Aftenposten, Norway  DeMorgen, Belgium  The Independent, United Kingdom  "France is bruised" / La Croix, France  Berria, Spain  The Times of London, United Kingdom  De Tijd, Belgium  "Liberty: 0 - Barbarism: 12" / L'Equipe, France  "We are all Charlie" / Libération, France  Berliner Kurier, Germany  L'Echo, France  Berlingske, Denmark  The National, Scotland  "No" / Sud Ouest, France  The International New York Times — Europe  La Tribune, France  Politiken, Denmark  "The Black Day" / La Provence, France “PEGIDA is only a small story,” says Andreas Zick, who studies social conflicts at Germany’s Bielefeld University. And its attempt to gain political heft on the back of the _Charlie Hebdo_ tragedy has seemed predictable enough. The larger question is whether the ploy will work, as it has previously in other parts of Europe. A decade ago, in the fall of 2004, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, whose works had been harshly critical of Islam, was gunned down in Amsterdam by a Muslim extremist, causing a surge of anti-Islamic feeling throughout the Netherlands, says Kersten, the professor from King’s College London. “Here was a country that always defined itself through tolerance, and suddenly the gloves came off,” he says. “These kinds of atrocities often lead people to cross that threshold.” The right-wing politician Geert Wilders, then a marginal figure in Dutch politics, drew on that outrage to gain support for his Party of Freedom, which he established within a year of van Gogh’s murder. Today that party is one of the most prominent forces in the national parliament, and its xenophobic rhetoric enjoys strong support. Given the dark history of World War II, Germany has for years been particularly resistant to the emergence of such political forces from the right. But the mood seems ripe for that to change. A [survey conducted](http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2014-12/islam-pegida-fluechtlinge-deutschland-umfrage) in December by the German news outlet Zeit Online found that nearly half of respondents expressed some level of sympathy for the PEGIDA rallies against “Islamization.” And in the wake of the attacks against _Charlie Hebdo_, PEGIDA’s Facebook page has racked up an additional 8,000 supporters, bringing its total list of followers to nearly 122,000. So when the group holds its next demonstration on Monday in Dresden, it will have a lot more momentum, and a new rallying cry, thanks to the terrorist attack in neighboring France. 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