Posted on 10/07/2010 10:52:49 AM PDT by GonzoII
(Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Muslims must obey the constitution and not sharia law if they want to live in Germany, which is debating the integration of its 4 million-strong Muslim population.
In the furore following a German central banker's blunt comments about Muslims failing to integrate, moderate leaders including President Christian Wulff have urged Germans to accept that "Islam also belongs in Germany."
The debate comes against a backdrop of U.S. and British concerns over the threat of terrorist attacks by militant Islamists living in Germany, with Berlin toning down such fears.
Merkel faces corresponding discussions inside her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) about whether she is conservative enough, and the centre-right leader's latest comments seemed directed at those who think Wulff went too far in appeasing the Muslims.
Wulff, who has a largely ceremonial role, used a speech on Sunday celebrating two decades of German reunification to urge harmonious integration of immigrants who until a decade ago were considered "guest workers" who would eventually return home.
But whereas the media stressed Wulff's comments about Islam, Merkel -- the daughter of a Protestant pastor brought up in East Germany, who leads a predominantly Catholic party -- said Wulff had emphasised Germany's "Christian roots and its Jewish roots."
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"Now we obviously also have Muslims in Germany. But it's important in regard to Islam that the values represented by Islam must correspond with our constitution," said Merkel.
"What applies here is the constitution, not sharia."
Merkel said Germany needed imams "educated in Germany and who have their social roots here" and concluded: "Our culture is based on Christian and Jewish values and has been for hundreds of years, not to say thousands."
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Good for her. Hope she has a lot of security, though. Imagine Obama saying that. LOL
Push coming to shove in Germany!
Well done, Merkel. Push back against that goat-humping scum.
I love it a female with more strength then her un-American counterparts.
Why does Merkel have bigger balls than Obama?
These moderate leaders who are trying to appease Muslims and garner liberal votes had better learn more about Islam. Showing appreciation for the weakness of the non-Mulims is not a Muslim attribute.
Drücken Sie Moslems aus Deutschland heraus!!!
“...Muslims must obey the constitution and not sharia law...”
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All you congresscritters hear that? Then why give Islam special treatment in America?
And to help it happen, conservatives should be pushing teleprompter to pull out of the former Yugoslavia. Stir up his anti war base against him so the Albanians can be free to upset the cart.
Why does Merkel have bigger balls than Obama?Ah... classic mistake you're making there, thinking Obama's positions show weakness.
He's not weak... he's just on the other side.
All western government need to stand up and say no to Sharia law.It can not exist in the western world.I also think burquas are a safety concern.Much can be hidden beneath them.I don’t care if you want to cover your head but I have to see your face otherwise get out.
Germany needed imams “educated in Germany and who have their social roots here”............................ Nahhhh, import them like Iran did. s/ This is why I hate Hitler the most for what he did to Germany. If he never existed Germany would have been a greater nation today, all those wasted lives, could have made the country great and there would have been no need to bring in foreign workers or immigrants. (Iffy history.)
See, America? That's how it's done!
Talk is cheap.
The Dums opened the corridor for the Islamofascist easy access to So Euro. Tele Prez will NEVER pull our troops out of there. He has to help the cause don’t cha no.
Merkel can say such a thing, but every Muslim knows that Islam must one day reign supreme over all other laws and constructs of men. What the Germans and others in the West need to understand now is that Islam is the worst form of fascist totalitarianism on Earth. It is treasonous towards all other forms of government. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim.
no=know
True.
But he cant explain why troops are staying there to his anti war constituants, nor any not either muslim or
communist hardliners.
Kick the pot over.
It's a start. What would your first step be?
ML/NJ (in Israel)
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