by Soeren Kern • March 17, 2018
at 5:00 am
- "Islam does not
belong to Germany. Germany is shaped by Christianity. This
tradition includes work-free Sundays and church holidays and
rituals such as Easter, Pentecost and Christmas.... My message
is that Muslims have to live with us, not next to or against
us." — Horst Seehofer, Germany's new interior minister
- "Many Muslims
belong to Germany, but Islam does not belong to Germany. Islam
is at base a political ideology that is not compatible with
the German Constitution." — Beatrix von Storch,
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
- "The state must
ensure that people feel safe whenever they are in the public
realm. People have a right to security. This is our top
responsibility. It means that there should not be any no-go
areas — areas where no one dares to go. Such areas do exist.
We must call them by name. We must do something about
it." — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, RTL television,
February 26, 2018
Germany's
new interior minister, Horst Seehofer, whose hardline remarks about
immigration elicited harsh criticism from the country's
multiculturalists, as well as from Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo:
Wikipedia.
Germany's new interior minister, Horst Seehofer, in
his first interview since being sworn in on March 14, has said that
"Islam does not belong to Germany." He has also vowed to
pursue hardline immigration policies, including the implementation
of a "master plan" for speedier deportations.
Seehofer's remarks prompted an immediate firestorm
of criticism from the self-appointed guardians of German
multiculturalism, including from Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has
repeatedly insisted that "Islam belongs to Germany."
The backlash will raise questions about how much
Seehofer — a former minister-president of Bavaria and a vocal
critic of Merkel's open-door migration policies — will be able to
accomplish during his tenure.
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