Show of strength in the streets.
Not to intimidate not the civil society (my assumption) but the anti-liberal sharia advocates within in it. That said, due to the ineptitude of Western leaders, it’s come to this, but of course we need more info on them and who was marching with them and for what reasons.
German march against salafists Cologne Oct 26 2014 by vlad43
h/t: Vlad