--- description: Germany has been gripped by growing anti-Muslim rallies in recent weeks title: Angela Merkel to Join Islamic Community Rally image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1b1fb41a91d4d00/6987798fe20a8775bfa847a9/rtr4l2gc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Angela Merkel to Join Muslim Tolerance Rally Amid Spiraling Anti-Islam Protests  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Jan 13, 2015 7:47 AM CUT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to attend a welcoming ceremony for Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Berlin, Jan. 12, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to attend a welcoming ceremony for Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Berlin, Jan. 12, 2015Hannibal Hanschke—Reuters  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Jan 13, 2015 7:47 AM CUT German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will [join](http://www.news.net/article/2646260/merkel-to-join-german-muslim-rally-for-tolerance "undefined") a Muslim community rally Tuesday to foster religious tolerance and stave off rising Islamaphobia in the wake of last week’s terror attacks in Paris. Merkel insisted Monday that “Islam belongs to Germany,” as she attempts to rein in a burgeoning right-wing German protest movement dubbed “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident,” or Pegida, reports AFP. Pegida drew an unprecedented 25,000 protesters to its 12th weekly march in Dresden on Monday, though some 100,000 people attended counter-demonstrations across Germany. “Germany wants peaceful coexistence of Muslims and members of other religions,” Merkal told a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday. The tolerance event is organized by the Central Council of Muslims in Germany with the slogan “Let’s be there for each other. Terror: not in our name!” \[[_AFP_](http://www.news.net/article/2646260/merkel-to-join-german-muslim-rally-for-tolerance "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3665125/germany-angela-merkel-islam-rally/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3665125/germany-angela-merkel-islam-rally/"},"headline":"Angela Merkel to Join Muslim Tolerance Rally Amid Spiraling Anti-Islam Protests","datePublished":"2015-01-13T07:47:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:31:11.708Z","description":"Germany has been gripped by growing anti-Muslim rallies in recent weeks","url":"https://time.com/3665125/germany-angela-merkel-islam-rally/","keywords":["France","europe","Germany","Islam","angela merkel","paris","Charlie Hebdo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1b1fb41a91d4d00/6987798fe20a8775bfa847a9/rtr4l2gc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1b1fb41a91d4d00/6987798fe20a8775bfa847a9/rtr4l2gc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"German Chancellor Merkel arrives to attend a welcoming ceremony for Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu in Berlin","caption":"German Chancellor Merkel arrives to attend a welcoming ceremony for Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu in Berlin","creditText":"Hannibal Hanschke—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3665125/germany-angela-merkel-islam-rally/","name":"Angela Merkel to Join Muslim Tolerance Rally Amid Spiraling Anti-Islam Protests"}}]}] ```