(VOVworld) – Around 11,000 demonstrators in Munich and 10,000 in Wiesbaden took to the streets on Monday in protest against the anti-Islamic movement PEGIDA.

Anti-PEGIDA (BAGIDA) protesters protest in Munich, southern Germany, on January 19, 2015 (Photo: AFP)

Demonstrations against PEGIDA also took place in several German cities, including Magdeburg and Düsseldorf.  Police in Dresden had banned all public outdoor gatherings in the city on Monday due to a terrorism threat.
Meanwhile, hundreds of PEGIDA supporters in Denmark gathered in Copenhagen and other Danish cities. The Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lindegaard called PEDIGA gatherings in Denmark the “wrong actions.”