[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Solution: Take the long, hard step of building a societal-wide consensus that acknowledges Islamic particularism…and its incompatibility with Western traditions.

That should be a solution...? What comes in the wake of this? German anthem sung in Turkish? German Turks voting in Turkey? Turkish autonomy zones in German cities?

The Islamic particularism - is nothing else but racism and supremacism, btw. . A Herrenkultur it claims to be, like regarding the Aryan cult in the Third Reich we talk of the Herrenrasse.

On the article, Merkel is the evidence that something like intellectual nihilism does exist. And her set of paroles and phrases is very limited - that'S why she is sounding so very repetitive. The word "alternativlos" I cannot hear anymore, sometimes I thought over this year that she uses this word more often than Yes and No together.

And to define German-ness by the looks of the blue-eyed blond Siegfried-kind of guy, does not make sense. The more to the East you move in Germany, the more you will see another visual model dominating, and I do not talk of Oriental imigrants, but the native people living in the region of the former Prussia, being influenced by the genetic heritage of the slavic people: in Berlin and surrounding regions for example you see dark-haired, dark-eyed males much more often than the blue-eyed, blond type, and more often than in the Western and Northern part of Germany.

What "German" means, touches upon things like historic identity, cultural background, value system, the basis one's philosophical thinking is founded upon, recognizing the influence of the Christian-Judaic tradition, an identity that preferes certain art styles over others. You cannot build a cluster of traditional Japanese wood-and-paper houses in Bavaria and then say that that would be "typical German".

Being German (or American or French or Australian) is more than exchnaging one ID card for another, and a stamp on a document means nothing, is just a formal bureaucratic thing.

And multiculturalism: regarding Islam, it failed miserably in Germany, and necessarily must do so - that'S why it is failing in all other European countries as well. Islam is not multicultural, but monocultural. The Quranic teaching explicitly rules out the tolerant acceptance of other cultures, but demands that there shall be only one culture: Islam. Coexistence never is based onm tolerance and respect, but is only meant to be temporary - lasting only as long as Islam is not strong enough to overcome the other culture. There will be no peace, says Islam, as long as there is still something left that is not Islam and by the fact of its existence poses a threat and challenges Islam's claim for undisputed reign. If you want peace, you thus must spread Islam. - That is no interpretation thing, but partially is said explicitly, partially is an implication of the revealed word of Allah himself. That is what the Quran is taken for: it is the word of Allah himself (its different with the Bible, and should not be compared). Us mortals have no right to want to change and interpret the word of God himself. Thinking that we may do that - is heresy. - The inten tional rejection to integrate, cannot be excused. But it can be explained. Regarding Turks, both Islam and their traditional cultural patriarchalic burden exlain why Turks so often refuse to integrate. There are those who do integrate, yes. But they are not exemplary, but the exception from the rule. They are the minority, and not even a big one. And typically they do not care for influencing their countrymen to integrate.