Pegida UK

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File:Pegida UK official logo.png
Headquarters	Dresden, Germany
Affiliation	Fortress Europe

Pegida UK is an anti-Islam group in the United Kingdom established by former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson. It is named after the German group Pegida.

Following one attempted 'Pegida UK' march in London in the summer of 2015 by ex-English Defence League members, a second launch of the group was conducted on 4 January 2016 in a pub in Toddington, Bedfordshire by Tommy Robinson. On the day of the launch, he stepped down to the role of "adviser". Paul Weston (the chairman of a specific political group, Liberty GB) was named leader and Anne Marie Waters (chairman of Sharia Watch) was named as a third member of Pegida UK's management team.

Robinson said that he hoped Pegida UK would be different from the EDL, that it would attract a more "middle-class" demographic, and would discourage the "loutish behaviour and alcohol-fueled violence" of the EDL. Robinson seeks a halt to Muslim immigration, the closure of sharia courts, a ban on the wearing of the burqa, and a moratorium on mosque construction.

Pegida UK's launch event was a march in Birmingham, on the 6th of February 2016. It drew a crowd of approximately 200, less than the Pegida UK attempt of 2015, with a smaller counter-demonstration also taking place.