Ex-PEGIDA leader apologizes to Muslims

After months of leading anti-Muslim protests in Germany, the former leader of the so-called anti-Islam PEGIDA movement has apologized to Muslims from spreading a campaign of hatred across Europe

After months of leading anti-Muslim protests in Germany, the former leader of the so-called anti-Islam PEGIDA movement has apologized to Muslims from spreading a campaign of hatred across Europe.

The ex-leader of Germany’s PEGIDA movement said in a video message quoted by The Washington Post that those still belonging to the PEGIDA movement need to understand that they are advocating for the wrong cause.

She apologized to all migrants and to all Muslims among them who live peacefully and are assimilated with German society, who respect Germany’s culture and laws.

Since October, the group “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident” or PEGIDA has been holding weekly marches against Muslims and immigrants.

Germany is believed to be home to nearly 4 million Muslims, including 220,000 in Berlin alone.