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Germans protest against Islamization

Emily SherwinDecember 18, 2014

A new right wing populist movement is gaining support here in Germany: PEGIDA, which stands for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West." The movement's weekly marches started in late October in Dresden, when 350 people took to the streets. By Monday that number had swelled to 15,000. There have also been protests in various other cities, including Bonn. Emily Sherwin reports.

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