BERLIN (AP) — German government officials and immigrant leaders are condemning remarks by a board member of Germany’s federal bank as racist and anti-Semitic.
Thilo Sarrazin of the German Bundesbank came under fire Sunday for telling the weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag that “all Jews share the same gene.” He also said Muslim immigrants in Germany were not willing or capable of integrating into the country’s mainstream society.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said “remarks that feed racism or even anti-Semitism have no place in our political discourse.”
Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said Sarrazin had “overstepped the borders of provocation.”
Leaders of Germany‘s Jewish and Turkish communities also condemned the banker’s remarks.
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Posted on September 15, 2010 at 6:19amand all this persecution just because their god isn‘t the ’right god’ – or so some people think
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Posted on September 4, 2010 at 4:10pmYoud think those people(germans) had learn a lesson long ago. This is so sad. The world should be ashamed if we let any more harm come to those people (the jews). Have they not given enough lives to hatred just for being who they are? This must never happen again!
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