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Chapel Hill Shooting Shows We Need End To Islamophobia

When we first learned of the murders of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yosor Mohammad, and Raszan Mohammad Abu-Salha, we felt a heartbreaking sense of loss. From Chapel Hill across the United States, to the members of the international community we've met over the last several weeks, the human family is hurting. In this moment, we extend our arms from Ferguson to embrace the hands of every person in this beloved community. With prayers and good vibes for the family and friends who are grieving, as well as all people who are suffering from dehumanizing violence. We are in this struggle together. As a team of people who are striving to create a world where we deal with harm in our communities through healing, love and kinship, this tragedy presents an opportunity for all of us to come to terms with the trauma of the present day, our historic past and to find true reconciliation. Together we must build a more just, peaceful and compassionate America.

First Anti-Islam March By Pegida Movement Fizzles In Denmark

On the evening of January 19, 2015, approximately 150 people gathered to support the Pegida movement's first rally in Copenhagen. Conservative political activist and leader of the grassroots organization Pegidadk ("dk" is for Denmark), Nicolai Sennels drew inspiration from the growing anti-Islamic movement by the same name that arose in October 2014 in Dresden and attracted escalating crowds in response to the recent violent attacks on Charlie Hebdo staff in France. The acronym Pegida is derived from the German: Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes; in English: Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West. Nativism and a pervasive fear of "Islamization" are at the heart of the Pegida movement. Sennels (an unsuccessful Danish People's Party candidate for election to the Danish Parliament in 2011, born in 1976) is a harsh critic of Islam in general and of Muslims' immigration to Denmark and Europe, in particular.

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