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Newcastle Pegida marchers vastly outnumbered by counter-protests
Scuffles have broken out between police and protesters in the UK branch of German right-wing anti-Islam group PEGIDA rally in Newcastle.
This is the first anti-Islamisation protest in Britain. Pegida, which stands for Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West, campaigns against what it perceives as the growing influence of Islam in Europe and increasing immigration. It says the group members are not racists, but critics believe that they are Anti-Muslim and plan to promote hatred. There was also a counter-rally in another part of Newcastle.