THE TELEGRAPH: Thilo Sarrazin, a member of Germany’s central Bundesbank who made disparaging remarks about Muslims and Jews in a book, has agreed to quit his position on the board.
Mr Sarrazin will be leaving his post at the end of the month after reaching an agreement with the bank, said Bundesbank President Axel Weber.
His resignation comes after comments in interviews surrounding the release of his book, “Germany Abolishes Itself,” that Muslim immigrants in Europe are unwilling or incapable of integrating into western societies and that all Jews “share a certain gene” provoked a storm of controversy in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel and several members of her government had called for his dismissal. >>> | Thursday, September 09, 2010
It really is coming to something here in the West when a man of this calibre has to leave his prestigious post just for saying the truth. I shall repeat what Herr Sarrazin stated: Muslims ARE incapable of integrating into German society, or any other Western society for that matter, simply because their prophet told them not to integrate. He told them to tell themselves apart from the infidel by dressing differently, by not mixing with them, and by not befriending them. Hence my sympathies are with Herr Sarrazin.
Angela Merkel and Christian Wulff have shown their true colours: THEY ARE WEAK AND UNPRINCIPLED. Angela Merkel, coming from the then communist East Germany should know better than many what it is like to live in a country where there is no freedom of speech. Her stance in this matter is therefore all the more surprising and perplexing. One can only conclude that neither Frau Merkel nor Herr Wulff deserve their elevated positions. – © Mark
