Thousands of supporters of PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) gathered in the German town of Dresden on Sunday for an anti-Islam protest.<br /><br /> One of the group’s founders, Lutz Bachmann, recently resigned after German media published Facebook messages in which he called refugees “dirty” and posed as Adolf Hitler.<br /><br /> Protesters waved German, Russian and Nordic Cross flags and shouted “we are the people,” the slogan used by demonstrators against the Berlin Wall in 1989. <br /><br /> Some protesters carried banners denouncing “Islamisation” and rejecting the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) trade agreement with the US. <br /><br /> One protester said “My ideal is lawful and ordered immigration. We need expert know-how. Let’s spell it out: we have enough kebab shops!”<br /><br /> Counter demonstrations were held in the same square where crowds chanted “Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here!”<br /><br /> Counter-protesters waved “no racism” banners and the LGBT (l
