Participants hold a banner during a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA in Dresden

Participants hold a banner during a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West”, in Dresden December 15, 2014. Several thousands opponents of Germany’s policy towards asylum seekers and Islam took part in the protest in the eastern German town on Monday. The banner reads, “Peaceful and united against wars of religion in Germany!” REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY – Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)