Amazon gives proceeds from anti-Islam song to refugees

Associated Press

BERLIN

Online retailer Amazon has pledged to donate its share of revenues from the sale of a song by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA to refugees, undermining the cause of the far-right movement.

PEGIDA’S song “Together We Are Strong” can be downloaded for 1.29 euros ($1.40) on Amazon and has been on its top-100 list for several days.

Amazon had come under pressure by social media users, who were making fun of the track and criticizing the online retailer for making a profit from a song by a group that is known for its anti-Islam and anti-immigrant sentiments. But next to the buy-button online, Amazon has posted a sentence saying “Amazon helps. The proceeds of selling this song will go to a charitable organization supporting refugees.”

Supporters of PEGIDA, which stands for Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, have been organizing weekly protest rallies against Muslims, immigrants and refugees in the east German city of Dresden and other places for more than a year.