Of course they can't be integrated. That should be clear to all by now. Their prophet told them to set themselves apart from the unbelievers, the kafir (Wikipedia). So, the West has no chance. The more religious Muslims are, the more difficult it becomes to integrate them. This is not an opinion, it is a FACT! – © Mark Alexander
Showing posts with label Integration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Integration. Show all posts
Saturday, December 02, 2023
Danish MP: “It Is Impossible to Integrate These People.” | From 2016
Of course they can't be integrated. That should be clear to all by now. Their prophet told them to set themselves apart from the unbelievers, the kafir (Wikipedia). So, the West has no chance. The more religious Muslims are, the more difficult it becomes to integrate them. This is not an opinion, it is a FACT! – © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Muslim Council of Britain: It’s Up to White British to Integrate, Not Muslims
His comments come in response to an official report warning that many of Britain’s towns and cities have been transformed “out of all recognition” by mass immigration.
The report, by the government’s community cohesion tsar Dame Louise Casey, warned that parts of British towns had been turned into ghettoes which successive governments have ignored “for fear of being branded racist or Islamophobic”, and which are creating “escalating divisions and tensions”. » | Donna Rachel Edmunds | Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Prof. Dr. Bassam Tibi über den Islam, Einwanderung und Integration
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Saturday, October 03, 2015
Gauck: Integration der Flüchtlinge schwieriger als deutsche Einheit
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| Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck in Frankfurt |
Die Integration von Flüchtlingen wird Deutschland nach Ansicht von Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck vor eine größere Aufgabe stellen als die deutsche Einheit. Auch die Vereinigung von Ost- und Westdeutschland beschäftige Generationen, sagte Gauck am Samstag in seiner Rede beim Festakt zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit in Frankfurt. „Doch anders als damals soll nun zusammenwachsen, was bisher nicht zusammengehörte.“
Es müssten viel größere Distanzen überwunden werden als zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschen, die eine Sprache und eine gemeinsame Kultur und Geschichte gehabt hätten, sagte der Bundespräsident. Deswegen forderte Gauck Geduld und betonte, dass nur die in Deutschland geltenden Werte Basis für eine Integration sein könnten. „Es braucht Zeit, bis alte und neue Bürger Verantwortung in einem Staat übernehmen, den alle gemeinsam als ihren Staat empfinden.“ » | Quelle: Reuters | Samstag, 3. Oktober 2015
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
No German, No Benefits: Turkish Family Fights Language Requirement
After three-and-a-half years of legal wrangling, there's still no end in sight. At least officially, the case centers on €290.70 ($392). The K. family, thus identified to safeguard its privacy, is made up of ethnic Turks living in Germany. They claim that the state owes them the money. But, in reality, it's a matter of principle.
The questions at the heart of the dispute are: Can immigrants be forced to learn German? Can people who decline such an offer be denied welfare benefits? Or, viewed from the other perspective, can immigrants who live off state benefits refuse to integrate into society, or can they live as a group as if on an island and free of societal obligations?
The case of the K. family is typical of the problems German authorities face in dealing with immigrants from countries such as Turkey who don't want to integrate. » | Bruno Schrep | Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Sunday, November 20, 2011
As the skies over euroland darken, at least the jokes in Brussels are getting better. At a recent gathering to discuss the crisis that threatens to unravel the euro, one former member of the European parliament observed acidly: "They ought to give this year's Charlemagne prize [for services to European unity] to the bond markets. Who has done more for the cause?"
The black humour was a way of stating a bald truth: in the de facto capital of the European Union, the ongoing near-death experience of the European single currency is concentrating minds in unprecedented fashion. As governments across southern Europe buckle under the pressure of paying back their debts at ever-higher rates of interest, and even formerly "respectable" economies such as France and the Netherlands feel the chill wind of market scrutiny, the custodians of Europe's future have belatedly found their voice.
Last week the normally dour and pragmatic German chancellor, Angela Merkel, announced that the EU faces "perhaps the toughest hour since the second world war. If the euro fails, then Europe fails, and we want to prevent and we will prevent this. This is what we are working for, because it is such a huge historic project."
As the stakes rise higher than anyone thought they could, the British are increasingly seen as an irritation and even an irrelevance. On Friday David Cameron rushed between overseas meetings with three key players in this monetary psychodrama: Angela Merkel, leader of the only country with the economic heft to sort the mess out; José Manuel Barroso, the Portuguese president of the European commission which is charged with giving Brussels a plan for salvation; and Herman Van Rompuy, the hitherto invisible president of the European council of ministers, the inter-governmental body that will adopt that plan.
Cameron hoped to extract a promise that the City will not be targeted by a future financial transactions tax and a pledge that countries such as Britain that are outside the eurozone will retain their influence in the turbulent times ahead. The prime minister will have discovered that, as the European dream of integration via monetary union teeters on the brink of catastrophe, the concerns of the semi-detached are at the top of no one's agenda. The UK's decision not to directly assist bailout funds for Greece and Portugal went down badly; the subsequent exhortations from Downing Street to sort the euro mess out were greeted with exasperation. » | Julian Coman | Sunday, November 20, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Today, on Remembrance Sunday, the United Kingdom commemorates the end of the first world war, which brought four years of intolerable carnage to an end. The second week in November is also the week of the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, when freedom prevailed over totalitarian rule.
Both events symbolise the fact that our actions have implications. That political decisions have consequences. That history is shaped not by fatality, but by what we do.
The second week of November 2011 has seen turbulence of a different kind. The political and economic turmoil in Greece and Italy have affected us all. Today, markets trigger within seconds chain reactions to events that spill all around the globe. Economics is changing fundamentally but so too is politics. The bipolar system of the world before 1989 has been replaced by a multipolar, more unstable and more unpredictable world.
The first conclusion I draw is that as we witness fundamental changes to the economic and geopolitical order, Europe needs to advance together or risk fragmentation. The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline. In this defining moment, we either unite or face irrelevance. Our goal must not be to maintain the status quo, but to move on to something new and better. » | José Manuel Barroso | Sunday, November 13, 2011
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José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European commission, today issues a sharp rebuke to Eurosceptics, including those in the British government, who want to use the current crisis to disengage from the European Union.
Writing in the Observer, Barroso makes a rare intervention in the UK political debate by warning that all members of the EU need to unite and "advance together".
Citing Remembrance Sunday, he warns that "actions have consequences" and claims that peace and prosperity will best be furthered by Europeans supporting and trusting EU institutions, rather than allowing the continent to fragment politically and economically. He writes: "In this defining moment, we either unite or face irrelevance. Our goal must not be to maintain the status quo, but to move on to something new and better," adding: "I hope when historians look back on these unprecedented times, they will understand that we stepped back from the brink of fragmentation. I hope they will see how the UK fully engaged with fellow member states and institutional partners to ensure the stability of the EU."
After a tumultuous week in Europe that saw Italy pushed to the brink of meltdown, Barroso's strongly worded intervention underlines the depth of anxiety in Brussels about the future of the single currency and the EU.
Reports emerged, after a brutal sell-off in bond markets sent Italy's borrowing costs soaring, that France and Germany had discussed the idea of a smaller eurozone, with weaker states such as Greece encouraged to leave, and the inevitable creation of a two-tier EU.
There have also been renewed calls from the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative party for the UK to partly or totally withdraw from the EU, culminating last month in 81 Conservative MPs defying a three-line whip to vote against the government and in favour of a referendum on membership.
But Barroso, in comments likely to generate a furious backlash from some on the right of British politics, firmly dismisses any idea that this is a time for Europe to fragment. Rather than regarding the crisis as an opportunity for states to redraw their relationships with the EU, he says that the progress of European integration must no longer be limited by "the speed of the slowest or most reluctant member". » | Daniel Boffey and Heather Stewart | Sunday, November 13, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
TELEGRAPH BLOGS – Richard Landes: Politeness is not saying certain things lest there be violence; civility is being able to say those certain things and there won’t be violence.
A recent series of polls indicate that European public opinion is substantially concerned by the increasingly aggressive Islam that their substantial immigrant populations have taken to expressing. To quote Soeren Kern, Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations at the Madrid-based Strategic Studies Group:
The findings – which come as Europeans are waking up to the consequences of decades of mass immigration from Muslim countries – point to a growing disconnect between European voters and their political masters regarding multicultural policies that encourage Muslim immigrants to remain segregated rather than become integrated into their host nations.The disconnect referred to in the article constitutes one of the most worrying developments in Western culture over the last decade: between a elite that controls much of the discussion in the public sphere (journalists, academics, talking heads, mainstream politicians) and who fear being called Islamophobes and racists more than they fear Islamist racists, and a population of people who, whenever they voice concern about the behavior of the Muslim neighbors, are told not to be Islamophobic racists. The problems are knotty and painful to disentangle. Here’s my outline of an approach. (For a longer version of the following essay, see my blog, The Augean Stables.) Read on and comment » | Richard Landes | Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The survey results mirror the findings of dozens of other recent polls. Taken together, they provide ample empirical evidence that scepticism about Muslim immigration is not limited to a “right-wing” political fringe, as proponents of multiculturalism often assert. Mainstream voters across the entire political spectrum are now expressing concerns about the role of Islam in Europe.
Richard Landes is an American writer and medieval historian specialising in millennialism. He is associate professor of history at Boston University and the author of several books including Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience (Oxford University Press).
Monday, April 25, 2011
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Thilo Sarrazin, the German Social Democrat who attracted attention last year with his controversial book claiming that immigrants to Germany were dumbing down the country, will not be booted out of the party. He apologized on Thursday and the case against him was quickly abandoned.After a mere five hours of debate, Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) formally withdrew a petition on Thursday to revoke party membership for firebrand politician Thilo Sarrazin, a former board member of Germany's central bank who drew widespread criticism for his extremely critical descriptions of Muslim immigrants in a bestselling book.
In an announcement that came surprisingly early, an arbitration committee of a local Berlin district chapter of the SPD -- which had been hearing petitions submitted from officials at the local, state and federal chapters of the party -- said all the requests for Sarrazin's exclusion from the Social Democrats had been withdrawn. The decision came after Sarrazin issued a statement in which he said it had not been his intention with his book to "discriminate against groups, particularly migrants." This was the second failed attempt in two years to ban Sarrazin from the center-left party.
The head of the arbitration committee, Sybille Uken, said a "constructive, respectful, serious and intense discussion" had been carried about by those involved in the case. "We have agreed not to allow the SPD to be divided," she said. Andrea Nahles, the national party's secretary general who led the proceedings against Sarrazin, refused to comment on the decision to drop the case, as did Sarrazin. » | dsl -- with wires | Friday, April 22, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
ZEIT ONLINE: Wohlklingende Versprechungen für die Landsleute, klare Worte zur Integration für die Deutschen: Der türkische Premier ist auf Stimmenfang. Von Lars Geiges, DüsseldorfRecep Tayyip Erdogan kommt zu spät. Gut anderthalb Stunden sind es. Das Flugzeug des türkischen Ministerpräsidenten hat einfach etwas länger für die Reise aus Ankara gebraucht. Und dann war da noch der dichte Verkehr auf den Straßen von Düsseldorf: 10.000 Türken hatten sich aufgemacht, um Erdogan zu sehen. Doch die Hauptperson steckte im Stau. Zum großen Auftritt gehört die kleine Verspätung.
Erdogans Fans nahmen das klaglos hin. Die letzte Rede Erdogans in Deutschland liegt drei Jahre zurück, da kam es auf einige Minuten nicht an. Sein Auftritt in Köln damals war politischer Zündstoff. Seine Anklage, Assimilation sei ein "Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit", zog eine heftige Integrationsdebatte nach sich. Und heute? Würde Erdogan nachlegen? >>> Von Lars Geiges | Montag, 28. Februar 2011
FAZ: Westerwelle und CSU kritisieren Erdogan: Als Reaktion auf die Rede des türkischen Ministerpräsidenten in Düsseldorf hat Außenminister Westerwelle das Erlernen der deutschen Sprache als „Schlüssel zur Integration“ bezeichnet. Die CSU kritisiert, Erdogan habe den Besuch genutzt, seine hier lebenden Landsleute „aufzuwiegeln“. >>> | Montag, 28. Februar 2011
Thursday, December 02, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: France has not done enough to integrate its ethnic and religious minorities and needs to give Muslims a place in mainstream society, U.S. diplomats said in leaked cables published on Wednesday by a French newspaper.
Comments in diplomatic cables released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and published by the daily Le Monde show frustration over France's record in assimilating minority groups and highlight concerns the problem could be deepening.
"France not only has a problem with integration or immigration; it also needs to act to give Muslims a sense of French identity," the U.S. embassy in Paris said in a secret diplomatic cable to Washington dated Aug. 17, 2005.
The comments foreshadowed a wave of violent clashes in December that year between youths, many of them second-generation immigrants, and police in the gritty suburban housing projects that ring major French cities.
Television footage of burning cars and rioting youths was beamed around the world, casting a spotlight on tension between the French government and descendants of immigrant groups, many of whom belonged to France's 5-million-strong Muslim community.
"The real problem is the failure of white Christian France to view its dark-skinned and Muslim compatriots as citizens in their own right," the U.S. embassy told Washington in a cable dated Nov. 9, 2005. Craig Stapleton was U.S. ambassador to France under the administration of President George W. Bush. >>> | Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
BBC: Panorama reporter John Ware travels to Birmingham to Al Furqan Community College. The school strives to nurture a genuine sense of respect for other faiths and values. But not all religious schools are as willing to open their doors to other communities. Watch BBC video >>>
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
DIE PRESSE: Der türkische Botschafter in Wien rechnet mit der gescheiterten Integrationspolitik ab und schont auch seine Landsleute nicht. Den Österreichern wirft er vor, sich nur im Urlaub für andere Kulturen zu interessieren.
Kadri Ecved Tezcan: Wollen Sie, dass ich im Interview als Diplomat antworte, was langweilig wird? Oder soll ich als jemand antworten, der seit einem Jahr in Wien lebt und viele Kontakte zu den 250.000 Türken hier hat?
Ich ziehe die zweite Variante vor. Was läuft bei der Integration der Türken in Österreich falsch?
Ich möchte eines vorweg sagen: Anders als Griechen oder Italiener begannen die Türken erst vor 35, 40 Jahren zu emigrieren. Österreich war übrigens das letzte Land, in das türkische Bürger kamen. Die Löhne in Deutschland waren höher.
Hat das zur Folge, dass es für Türken nicht einfach ist, sich an Regeln im Ausland anzupassen?
Das nicht. Ich wollte damit nur sagen, dass auch Einwanderer in den USA ihre Probleme hatten. Aber diese Probleme sind nun vergessen. Integration ist ein Prozess. Ich war vor fast zwanzig Jahren Generalkonsul in Hamburg. Jedes Jahr lud ich die Mädchen und Buben, die aufs Gymnasium aufgenommen wurden, in meine Residenz ein und gratulierte ihnen mit Geschenken. Es gab damals so wenige türkische Gymnasiasten. Heute könnte ich das in Österreich nicht tun, denn es gibt hierzulande ungefähr 2000 türkischstämmige Studenten, die hier geboren wurden, plus 20.000 türkische Gymnasiasten. Das ist wunderbar. >>> Von Christian Ultsch (Die Presse) | Dienstag, 09. November 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Austria treats Turks 'like a virus', ambassador claims: Kadri Ecved Tezcan causes diplomatic storm with interview accusing public and political elite of xenophobia >>> Ian Traynor, Europe editor | Thursday, November 11, 2010
DIE PRESSE: Die FPÖ kritisiert die jüngsten Aussagen des türkischen Botschafters in Wien als "schier ungeheuerlich".
FPÖ-Generalsekretär Harald Vilimsky fordert die sofortige Aussetzung der diplomatischen Beziehungen Österreichs zur Türkei. Grund sind die Aussagen des türkischen Botschafters in Wien, Kadri Ecved Tezcan, im Interview mit der "Presse".
Es sei schier ungeheuerlich, was der oberste türkische Diplomat den Österreichern ausrichte und in keiner wie immer gearteten Weise akzeptabel, erklärte Vilimsky am Mittwoch in einer Aussendung. Der türkische Botschafter habe sich nicht nur massiv im Ton vergriffen, sondern einen Beweis mehr geliefert, dass die Türkei bzw. die türkische Mentalität niemals Teil der Europäischen Union werden könne, so Vilimsky. >>> | Mittwoch, 10. November 2010
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