In Dresden, at least 15,000 people marched against hate, racism and violence to mark the Islamophobic movement "Pegida." Germany's interior minister has condemned the movement's hard right-wing extremists, saying they are not acting within the country's acceptable political consensus. "It is necessary to show now, on the streets, what kind of society we stand for: a society that puts human dignity first, a society that values empathy, and a society that forcefully opposes such hateful campaigns," said the alliance "Dresden Nazifrei."