<p>A photo of the founder of Germany's new anti-"Islamisation" movement showing him wearing an Adolf Hitler-like moustache and hair style surfaced in German media today.<br /><br />Bild daily quoted PEGIDA spokeswoman Kathrin Oertel as saying the photo of Lutz Bachmann was "a joke".<br /><br />It cited Bachmann himself as saying he had taken the picture, which shows him with a small black moustache and wet hair swept into a side-parting reminiscent of the Nazi leader, around the time of the publication of a bestselling satirical audiobook about Hitler entitled "He's Back".</p>.<p><br />The 41-year-old, who founded PEGIDA - "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident" - in October, posted the picture on Facebook long before he became publicly known, regional news outlet MOPO 24 said.</p>.<p><br />PEGIDA has held near weekly marches in the eastern city of Dresden that have grown over the past three months, voicing anger against Islam and "criminal asylum seekers".<br /><br />MOPO 24 also claimed that comments under Bachmann's name had been posted in the past on Facebook referring to refugees as "beasts" and "filth".<br /><br />Bild said he had not replied when asked if the comments came from him but had only said: "We no longer comment on private matters."<br /><br />On Monday PEGIDA cancelled its evening march in Dresden after police banned all public open-air gatherings within city limits for the day, citing the "concrete threat" of an assassination attempt against the group's leaders.<br /><br />The group, which had drawn 25,000 supporters to a march in the city the week before, has vowed to rally again next week.<br /><br />Thousands of people, both for and against PEGIDA, are expected to turn out in the nearby city of Leipzig later today.</p>
<p>A photo of the founder of Germany's new anti-"Islamisation" movement showing him wearing an Adolf Hitler-like moustache and hair style surfaced in German media today.<br /><br />Bild daily quoted PEGIDA spokeswoman Kathrin Oertel as saying the photo of Lutz Bachmann was "a joke".<br /><br />It cited Bachmann himself as saying he had taken the picture, which shows him with a small black moustache and wet hair swept into a side-parting reminiscent of the Nazi leader, around the time of the publication of a bestselling satirical audiobook about Hitler entitled "He's Back".</p>.<p><br />The 41-year-old, who founded PEGIDA - "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident" - in October, posted the picture on Facebook long before he became publicly known, regional news outlet MOPO 24 said.</p>.<p><br />PEGIDA has held near weekly marches in the eastern city of Dresden that have grown over the past three months, voicing anger against Islam and "criminal asylum seekers".<br /><br />MOPO 24 also claimed that comments under Bachmann's name had been posted in the past on Facebook referring to refugees as "beasts" and "filth".<br /><br />Bild said he had not replied when asked if the comments came from him but had only said: "We no longer comment on private matters."<br /><br />On Monday PEGIDA cancelled its evening march in Dresden after police banned all public open-air gatherings within city limits for the day, citing the "concrete threat" of an assassination attempt against the group's leaders.<br /><br />The group, which had drawn 25,000 supporters to a march in the city the week before, has vowed to rally again next week.<br /><br />Thousands of people, both for and against PEGIDA, are expected to turn out in the nearby city of Leipzig later today.</p>