Sarrazins Thesen: So wird Deutschland dumm
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Thilo Sarrazin hat ein antimuslimisches Dossier verfasst. Das Buch erscheint am Montag und will elementare Lebens-zusammenhänge auf den Punkt bringen. Die Botschaft ist klar: Die islamische Immigration nach Deutschland muss gestoppt werden - aus „letztlich“ genetischen Gründen.

Ist es eine gute Idee, den Bundesbanker Thilo Sarrazin zum Testfall der Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland zu machen? Es ist keine gute Idee, weil noch niemand Thilo Sarrazin daran gehindert hat, „kein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen“ (Sarrazin). Der Vorstand der Deutschen Bundesbank, Sozialdemokrat, früherer Berliner Finanzsenator, veröffentlicht seitenlange Interviews und legt nächste Woche unter dem Titel „Deutschland schafft sich ab“ ein dickes Buch zur Rettung unseres Landes vor. Niemand unterbindet dies.

Dass Sigmar Gabriel seinem Parteigenossen indirekt den Austritt aus der SPD nahelegte, weil er in seinem Buch rassistisch argumentiere, ist gerade kein Maulkorb. Es ist die Artikulation eines Befremdens über Sarrazins „gewalttätige Aussagen“ (Gabriel), die an die Substanz der Partei rühren. Gabriel inszeniert ja kein Parteiausschluss-verfahren, sondern nimmt die Partei vor ihrem Mitglied in Schutz: „Wenn Sie mich fragen, warum der noch bei uns Mitglied sein will – das weiß ich auch nicht.“ Weiter lesen und einen Kommentar schreiben >>> Von Christian Geyer | FAZ | Donnerstag, 26. August 2010

Sarrazin Zitate


POLITICALLY INCORRECT: Déjà-vu: Complaint Against Thilo Sarrazin: Since Thilo Sarrazin has said what everyone already knows, namely that immigration as it is in Germany is dumbing down the country (PI reported), Turks in Berlin who apparently perceive themselves to be spoken about have done that which they like to do best: File a complaint because of “sedition.” Since it took them almost a month to do so says that Thilo Sarrazin was pretty well on target. >>> Hat Tip: Jan / Translation: Anders Denken

Schaeuble 'Ashamed' at Bundesbank Member Sarrazin's Anti-Immigrant Remarks
BLOOMBERG: Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble distanced themselves from Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin after he excoriated immigrants as a burden on German society.

Sarrazin’s comments in a recent book, in which he claimed that immigrants from Turkey, the Middle East and Africa are making Germany “dumber,” are “not helpful at all” and “can be hurtful for a lot people,” Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters today. Bundesbank President Axel Weber should consider taking action against Sarrazin, though his options are limited, Schaeuble said.

“I would be ashamed if a leading member of my party expressed himself in this way,” Schaeuble, a Christian Democrat, said in Berlin. Social Democratic Chairman Sigmar Gabriel said he didn’t know why Sarrazin was still a member of his party, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.

Sarrazin’s new book, whose title translates as “Germany Eliminates Itself,” makes a case against immigrant groups in Germany and their impact on the country. A former finance minister for the city-state of Berlin, Sarrazin argues that immigrants from countries such as Turkey and Morocco depend on the state and bring down the country’s education level.

“I don’t want the country of my grandchildren and forefathers to be in broad swathes Muslim, where Turkish and Arabic is widely spoken, where women wear headscarves and where the daily rhythm of life is set by the call of the muezzins,” Sarrazin wrote in an extract published in Der Spiegel magazine on Aug. 22. Other extracts have been published in the best- selling Bild newspaper this week. >>> Patrick Donahue | Wednesday, August 25, 2010