Cologne cathedral to switch off lights in protest at anti-Muslim march

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Reuters in Cologne

Cologne Cathedral, one of Germany’s most famous landmarks, will be plunged into darkness on Monday evening in protest at a march by a grassroots anti-Muslim movement through the western German city.

The rise of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (Pegida) has shaken the political establishment, prompting the chancellor, Angela Merkel, to warn in her new year address that its leaders were racists full of hatred and citizens should beware being used.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/02/cologne-cathedral-switch-off-lights-protest-march-pegida

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1. Good for them. I remember when I first saw the Cathedral, the building of which began in 1248.

A beautiful cathedral, striking.

More striking are the mortal shell craters in its walls that evoke the damage done during WW2, but are also testament to it's strength and resilience.

The city itself, in contrast to other European cities, tells the visitor that something odd happened in the past: most of the city is relatively new because it was leveled by bombs during the war.