Despite all the activities of the nationalist Pegida movement, the city of Dresden wants to continue to present itself openly to the world.
On Thursday, the Rector of the Technical University of Dresden, Ursula M. Staudinger, and Mayor Dirk Hilbert (FDP) called for people to take to the streets on Sunday for diversity, cosmopolitanism and peaceful coexistence.
Dresden - On this day the "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West" (Pegida) want to celebrate their seventh birthday in Dresden.
Pegida has been observed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony as a "proven extremist endeavor" since May.
Pegida founder Lutz Bachmann has long been considered a right-wing extremist.
“In our university, in research and cultural institutions, we live together that is based on openness and curiosity.
We build on diversity and a variety of perspectives.
In science we are looking for the new and recognize great potential in it - not only in research, but also in cooperation with people around the world, ”emphasized Staudinger.
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“Our democratic and open way of life is repeatedly the target of attacks.
In the end, under the guise of patriotism, it is all about exclusion, hatred and agitation.
A hatred that ultimately leads to racism and violence, ”explained Hilbert.
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