`` As a highly visible protest against xenophobia , racism and exclusion , the outdoor lighting of Cologne Cathedral will therefore be turned off on January 5 for the period of the demonstration . '' Cologne Cathedral turned off its lights to protest against anti - Islamization measures on campus . ` ` Patriotic Europeans against the domination of the West '' is rallying near the church . The group is also holding demonstrations in the German capital Berlin and the city of Kassel .
Cologne Cathedral turned off its lights to protest against anti - Islamization measures on campus . ` ` Patriotic Europeans against the domination of the West '' is rallying near the church . The group is also holding demonstrations in the German capital Berlin and the city of Kassel .