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German interior minister says Thilo Sarrazin’s racist book opened up a necessary debate on Islam

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Bob Pitt

Spiegel Online interviews Germany’s interior minister Hans-Peter Friedrich.

Posted in Germany, Right wing

Thilo Sarrazin told he’s not welcome in Kreuzberg

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Bob Pitt

“Get lost!” and “Nazis out!” were among the epithets lobbed at controversial author Thilo Sarrazin during a recent trip to Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, according to newspaper reports on Monday. The city’s former finance senator had taken a trip to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, Resisting Islamophobia

The Independent profiles Thilo Sarrazin

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Bob Pitt

Sarrazin’s work [Deutschland schafft sich ab] is a long and divisive essay, based on questionable statistics, about what he considers to be the combined ill-effects of continued Muslim immigration and an accelerating decline in the birth rate of intelligent white … Continue reading →

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Neo-Nazi NPD celebrates Thilo Sarrazin’s new book

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Bob Pitt

Germany’s crazy central banker and hero of the extreme right, Thilo Sarrazin, has outdone himself now with a new book – Deutschland schafft sich ab (“Germany Eliminates Itself”) – which attacks Germany’s Muslim minority.  The book is not even in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Far right racists, Germany, Left Wing, Resisting Islamophobia

Thilo Sarrazin – racist hero

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Bob Pitt

This summer we saw the ugly face of racism in the US with the rise of the “tea-baggers”.  Now racism is being mainstreamed in Germany after a member of the Bundesbank – Thilo Sarrazin – let loose against “Arabs” and … Continue reading →

Posted in Far right racists, Germany, Resisting Islamophobia

UN condemns Germany for failing to take action against Sarrazin’s racism

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Bob Pitt

A UN anti-racism committee is accusing Germany of breaking an international agreement by allowing the controversial ex-politician Thilo Sarrazin to spread inflammatory ideas about Muslims in 2010 with impunity. Four years after the former central banker sparked public outrage with … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, Resisting Islamophobia

Sarrazin controversy throws SPD into turmoil

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Bob Pitt

Germany’s opposition Social Democrats were thrown into turmoil yesterday when a prominent Jewish party member resigned from the party in disgust over its refusal to expel the anti-Muslim author Thilo Sarrazin from its ranks. Sergey Lagodinsky, founder of the Social … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, Left Wing, Resisting Islamophobia

Sarrazin pardon sparks fierce SPD backlash

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Bob Pitt

There was mounting resentment Tuesday among centre-left Social Democrats against the party’s decision not to expel Thilo Sarrazin over his incendiary statements on immigration. Prominent Social Democratic Party (SPD) politicians across the country have begun to air their deep dissatisfaction over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Greece, Left Wing, Resisting Islamophobia

SPD fails to expel Sarrazin

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Bob Pitt

Controversial former politician Thilo Sarrazin has held on to his membership in the center-left Social Democratic Party, overcoming efforts by party leaders to get him expelled for his inflammatory remarks on race. Thilo Sarrazin’s book “Germany Does Away With Itself” … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, Left Wing

LSE invitation to Sarrazin condemned

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Bob Pitt

A German banker who has said “all Jews share a certain gene” and described Muslims as “dunces” will speak tonight at the London School of Economics amid a row over free speech. Anti-fascist campaigners vowed to demonstrate outside the LSE … Continue reading →

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