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Germany's Finance Minister Presses for a 'German Islam'
Reuters ^ | 10/2/16 | y Caroline Copley

Posted on 10/04/2016 5:15:31 PM PDT by marshmallow

A veteran ally of Angela Merkel urged Muslims in Germany on Sunday to develop a "German Islam" based on liberalism and tolerance, saying the influx of people seeking refuge, many of them Muslims, is a challenge for mainstream society.

Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, stepping out of his usual finance remit, urged tolerance, saying the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants required a better understanding among Germans of what is important to them and how they want to live.

Almost 1 million migrants from the Middle East and Africa, came to Germany last year, stoking social tensions and boosting support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has said Islam is not compatible with the constitution.

The arrival of large numbers of refugees has strained communities and led to a rise in far-right violence and attacks on migrant shelters, particularly in eastern Germany.

Schaeuble, a stalwart of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), said: "Without a doubt, the growing number of Muslims in our country today is a challenge for the open-mindedness of mainstream society."

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1 posted on 10/04/2016 5:15:31 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

This government clown is too stupid to breathe. He understands nothing about Mohammedanism and Mooselimbs.


2 posted on 10/04/2016 5:17:17 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: marshmallow

This idiot needs to Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo Islam because he’s really confused


3 posted on 10/04/2016 5:17:46 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: marshmallow

There is no “German Islam”. There is only Islam. The Germans are infidels.


4 posted on 10/04/2016 5:19:05 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: achilles2000

german islam. wtf does that mean?

i didn’t know religions were supposed to change based on the country they were in.

And their religion is hate.


5 posted on 10/04/2016 5:19:32 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: butlerweave

You had one in the NAZIs, Merkel. They went whole hog on it.


6 posted on 10/04/2016 5:20:12 PM PDT by combat_boots (MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
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To: marshmallow
Already been tried:


7 posted on 10/04/2016 5:20:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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8 posted on 10/04/2016 5:20:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: achilles2000

It’s no problem. Just remove Islam’s founding, Mohammed and 1400 years of slaughter of a billion people. Call it Deuthlam.


9 posted on 10/04/2016 5:22:40 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: marshmallow

There’s no pushback in Germany because of the Nazi stigma. That’s why the Islamo jihadists get free rein.


10 posted on 10/04/2016 5:22:54 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: marshmallow

The Moslems will murder him just as soon as they want to - just like the rest of the Germans ( and us, too). This finance minister is either dumber than sh@t or else he’s sold out just like his boss lady appears to be


11 posted on 10/04/2016 5:23:31 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: achilles2000

Too funny, they will never get it. Ever.


12 posted on 10/04/2016 5:23:48 PM PDT by major-pelham
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This government clown is too stupid to breathe. He understands nothing about Mohammedanism and Mooselimbs.


He may be an idiot, but he has been bough and paid for with Arab petrodollars to support the invasion of his country and to facilitate the establishment of a wabbist Islamic Germany under Sharia

As such he as a Traitor and Quisling in the most literal sense of the words

13 posted on 10/04/2016 5:24:50 PM PDT by rdcbn ("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)
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To: marshmallow

To not understand the evil and danger of islam is to be ignorant, retarded or worse.


14 posted on 10/04/2016 5:25:51 PM PDT by soycd
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To: marshmallow

Good luck, Wolfgang.
You know the muslims will probably kill you for even suggesting changing Islam, right?


15 posted on 10/04/2016 5:26:12 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: marshmallow

he is admitting that islam is a problem. kick them out.


16 posted on 10/04/2016 5:27:13 PM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: marshmallow
Sorry, liberals. There's only 1 interpretation of Islam — Muhammad's
17 posted on 10/04/2016 5:31:23 PM PDT by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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To: marshmallow

Germany imports millions of new immigrants that hate Jews.

What a bunch of morons. They never learn.


18 posted on 10/04/2016 5:32:36 PM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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The arrival of large numbers of refugees has strained communities and led to a rise in far-right violence and attacks on migrant shelters, particularly in eastern Germany.

Excuse me? It was only their "arrival" that caused all the trouble? Not the crime, the drugs, the violence, the terrorism, the systematic sexual assault? Those had nothing to do with it?

You can't have an honest dialogue with an ideologue who has no intention of being honest. It's a complete waste of time.

19 posted on 10/04/2016 5:34:43 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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German without beer or pork sausages?

What kind of an oxymoron is that?


20 posted on 10/04/2016 5:41:17 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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