Social Democrats Go After Islam-Critic Sarrazin

by Veit Medick
Der Spiegal
April 22, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1343/social-democrats-go-after-islam-critic-sarrazin

Excerpt:

His diatribe against immigrants and Muslims sold more than a million copies, making it Germany's bestselling non-fiction book in 2010. Since then, though, aside from the occasional public appearance, Thilo Sarrazin has largely faded from public attention in recent months. His pointed comments about Islam in Germany have become predictable. His periodic spats with the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), stemming from attempts by the right-extremist party's efforts to appropriate his message, have garnered little attention.

Now though, Sarrazin, a former member of the board at Germany's central bank, is once again in the limelight. On Thursday, proceedings are set to get underway in Berlin which could result in Sarrazin's expulsion from the center-left Social Democrats, his life-long political home. Sarrazin is contesting the effort -- and the approaching battle is one that many in the SPD are not looking forward to.

Read the complete original version of this item...

receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list