By ITP
Anti-Islam party campaigns for votes ahead of German elections
Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques

Supporters of the Pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

Counter demonstrators stand on a police barrier during the Pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

Counter demonstrators stand in front of the Vatan mosque prior to the Pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

A police man pushes away Lars Seidensticker, chairman of the Pro NRW party in Berlin, from the demonstrators against the Pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

Counter demonstrators stand on a police barrier during the Pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

Counter demonstrators stand in front of the Vatan mosque prior to the Pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

Counter demonstrators stand on a police barrier near the pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party protest outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Muenster, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)

A supporters of the pro NRW far-right anti-Islam political party shows an anti mosques sign outside a mosque on May 7, 2012 in Muenster, Germany. Pro NRW members are campaigning on an anti-Islam platform in state parliamentary elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and have protested outside mosques in the last week in a provocative tour titled ‘Freedom Instead of Islam’. Violence erupted at Pro NRW march in Bonn on Saturday as Salafist Muslim counter-demonstrators turned on Police protecting the anti-Islam protesters, leaving two police officers stabbed and some 100 people arrested. (Getty Images)