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6 Jan 2015

Author:
Megan Specia, mashable

Rhein-Energie keeps Cologne's bridges dark in solidarity with protests against anti-Islam rallies

"German landmarks go dark to protest anti-Islam rallies", 5 Jan 2014

Local landmarks throughout Germany went dark on Monday in protest of a group staging weekly rallies against the perceived "Islamization of the West."..Several other churches and historical buildings said they would also keep the lights off, and electric company Rhein-Energie said it would keep the city's bridges dark, the DPA news agency reported...In Dresden, automaker Volkswagen said it was also keeping its glass-walled manufacturing plant dark, to underscore the company "stands for an open, free and democratic society."