Protests at 'anti-Islamification' event
19 September 2008
COLOGNE, Germany-Stone-throwing protesters have prevented a nationalist group from holding a news conference opening its "anti-Islamification" meeting on a boat in Cologne, Germany.
Posters about protests against a so-called "anti-Islam congress" of the right-wing movement "pro Koeln" in downtown Cologne.
It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured.
The demonstrators had already targeted a previous venue where the Pro-Cologne rightest group had hoped to hold the news conference Friday for the starting the congress, which was to attract support from nationalist groups across Europe.
The three-day nationalist meeting is to include plans for a big protest Saturday against the construction of a large mosque in the western German city.
Police are expecting several hundred people at the nationalist protest and up to 10 times as many at counter-demonstrations.
COLOGNE, Germany-Stone-throwing protesters have prevented a nationalist group from holding a news conference opening its "anti-Islamification" meeting on a boat in Cologne, Germany.
Posters about protests against a so-called "anti-Islam congress" of the right-wing movement "pro Koeln" in downtown Cologne.It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured.
The demonstrators had already targeted a previous venue where the Pro-Cologne rightest group had hoped to hold the news conference Friday for the starting the congress, which was to attract support from nationalist groups across Europe.
The three-day nationalist meeting is to include plans for a big protest Saturday against the construction of a large mosque in the western German city.
Police are expecting several hundred people at the nationalist protest and up to 10 times as many at counter-demonstrations.
Further Reading:
German gov't condemns Islamophobic confab in Cologne
Labels: Germany, Islamophobia, Racism
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