About five thousand supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party demonstrated, warning of the Islamization of society, but this number is much lower than the participants in the demonstrations against them, as they numbered 20 thousand.
The right-wing demonstrations carried the slogan "Germany's future" as an expression of rejection of what they call the Islamization of society and the government's "irresponsible policies" on immigration issues, and the participants chanted slogans calling for the departure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The party demonstrators from various parts of Germany and went out today, Sunday, in a march from the main railway station in Berlin to the Brandenburg Gate near the German parliament.
Speaking to supporters, party leader Alexander Gauland said, "For the sake of our children, our country and our future we are here and we are the only party that has this programme."
Party supporters, mostly elderly, waved German and party flags and carried banners reading "Democracy is not Merkel's dictatorship".
On the other hand, thousands of anti-AfD protesters participated in a demonstration welcoming immigrants in front of the parliament building in Berlin's government district.
No to the extreme right The
demonstrators from left-wing parties, most notably the left and the Greens, carried banners reading "No to the extreme right" and "No to an alternative party."
Berlin witnessed 13 demonstrations against anti-Islamic far-right slogans (Reuters)
Protesters expressed their anger at the far-right party's demonstrations by booing and whistling.
Police estimated that around 20,000 anti-AfD demonstrators, most of them young, underlined the divisions that have emerged in Germany since the 2015 refugee crisis.
Berliners on the far right responded with no fewer than 13 counter-demonstrations, one of which was with loud music to cover up the extremists' rhetoric.
"We want the music to be loud enough to cover up the racist rhetoric," said an activist named Rosa.
Music resounded in the city center on Sunday afternoon.
It is noteworthy that the Alternative for Germany party was founded in 2013 against the European Union, and presented itself again in the image of the party opposed to immigration after Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to open Germany's borders to more than a million immigrants in 2015.