Pegida, Which Launched Germany's Modern Anti-Muslim Immigrants Movement, Holds Final Gathering

DRESDEN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 20: Lutz Bachmann (C), founder of the anti-Muslim immigration Pegida movement, gestures prior the movement's final rally on October 20, 2024 in Dresden, Germany. Bachmann launched Pegida, which stands for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (in German: Patriotische Europer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes), ten years ago today. The movement quickly grew take part in the ensuing migrants crisis of 2015 and 2016. In recent years its popularity has waned, as its followers have moved on, especially towards the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)