Thilo Sarrazin

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Integration requires effort from those that are to be integrated. I will not show respect for anyone who is not making that effort. I do not have to acknowledge anyone who lives by welfare, denies the legitimacy of the very state that provides that welfare, refuses to care for the education of his children and constantly produces new little headscarf-girls. This holds true for 70 percent of the Turkish and 90 percent of the Arab population in Berlin. [26] [27] [28]

End of August 2010, Sarrazin's book Deutschland schafft sich ab ( Germany Abolishes Itself ) was published, and within two months, it became the best-selling book on politics by a German-language author in a decade, with overall sales hitting 1.1 million copies [5] and the first editions sold out within a matter of hours or days. In the 13th edition Sarrazin added a foreword commenting on the nationwide debate his book has sparked. [29] As of May 2011, 1.5 million copies had been sold. [30] In 2010, he was quoted as writing regarding Islam, "No other religion in Europe makes so many demands. No immigrant group other than Muslims is so strongly connected with claims on the welfare state and crime. No group emphasizes their differences so strongly in public, especially through women's clothing. In no other religion is the transition to violence, dictatorship and terrorism so fluid." [31]

In 2010, Sarrazin's book came under criticism for claiming that Germany's immigrant Muslim population is reluctant to integrate and tends to rely more on social services than to be productive. Moreover, he calculated that their population growth may well overwhelm the German population within a couple of generations at the current rate, and that their intelligence was lower. He proposed stringent reforms for the welfare system to rectify the problems. [32] [33] The first edition of his book sold out within a few days. By the end of the year, the book had become Germany's number 1 hard-cover non-fiction bestseller for the year and was still at the top of the lists. [34]

Genetics

In 2010, an uproar was caused at an interview with Welt am Sonntag in which he claimed that "all Jews share a certain gene like all Basques share a certain gene that distinguishes these from other people." [35] [36] He subsequently offered his regrets for the irritation caused, [28] and explained his source, for instance, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , [37] referring to international media reports, [38] on a 2010 study by Gil Atzmon et al. that appeared in the American Journal of Human Genetics . [39]

In 2018, Sarrazin's statements were criticized by the chairman of the Interior Committee of the German Bundestag, Sebastian Edathy (SPD), the United Services trade union and the political scientist Gerd Wiegel. The Central Council of Jews in Germany strongly criticized Sarrazin, condemning him as racist. [40] [41] Sigmar Gabriel, the General Secretary of the SPD, condemned Sarrazin for his eugenic approach. [42]

Reception

A Berliner Morgenpost poll suggested that almost half of the German population agree with Sarrazin's political views and 18 percent would vote for his party if he started one. [43] In a survey conducted for the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper among 10,000 Sarrazin readers, an overwhelming majority was shown to be male, middle-class, middle-aged to elderly, conservatives. [44]

The German-Turkish sociologist and best-selling author Necla Kelek, who has defended Sarrazin, introduced him at a Berlin press conference in August 2010 attended by roughly 300 journalists. While Turkish and Islamic organizations have accused Sarrazin of racism and damaging Germany's reputation abroad, Kelek said Sarrazin addressed "bitter truths" in his book and the chattering classes judged it without reading it. [45]

The new terror of virtue

The publication of his book "Deutschland schafft sich ab" provoked accusations that Sarrazin was stoking racism and xenophobia. [46] This harsh criticism inspired Sarrazin to write Der neue Tugendterror - Über die Grenzen der Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland (The new terror of virtue - on the limits of freedom of opinion in Germany) on the topics of the mechanics of political correctness, prejudice and the political climate in Germany, as he explains in the second chapter of this book, titled "Wie ich mit der Meinungsherrschaft in Konflikt kam: Eine Fallstudie" ("How I got into conflict with the rule of opinion: a case study"). "I had expected a controversial discussion. But nothing had prepared me for the public storm that broke loose upon publication. I was accused of advocating biological determinism and labelled a social Darwinist, a racist, and an enemy of the people and of social justice." [47]

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  2. ↑ http://bloomberg.com: Bundesbank Says Sarrazin Will Resign on Sept. 30 After Jewish Gene Remark
  3. ↑ Dernbach, Andrea (30 January 2020). "Er zeigt genau den antimuslimischen Rassismus, den er abstreitet". Der Tagesspiegel Online. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "'Massive Pressure': Islam Critic Sarrazin Resigns from Bundesbank Board". Der Spiegel. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2018– via Spiegel Online.
  5. 1 2 "Sarrazin bricht Verkaufsrekord". Der Spiegel . 29 October 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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  47. ↑ "Der neue Tugendterror - Über die Grenzen der Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland" pp. 49-116
Thilo Sarrazin
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Sarrazin in 2009
Berlin Senator of Finance
In office
17 January 2002 –30 April 2009
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