Immigration and Integration in Europe-Germany

Here is an interesting article that provides an insight to a right wing perspective on immigrants in Germany. To me it is outstandingly surprising that until this very day and age there are people who firmly believe such facts, as "Muslims are socially, culturally and intellectually inferior to most everyone else". This is a statement that appears in this author's book (Thilo Sarrazin) which sold over a million copies in Germany.

The fact that he is generalizing everybody is troubling. It can be true to a degree when some Muslims extremely adhere to traditions or scripture that makes it difficult for them to integrate, however saying that it is the case for Muslims coming from different backgrounds is just racist.

He says that after examining three indicators — success in education and employment, and welfare dependency — he concluded that Islam is by its nature a drag on individual success.

If so, why and how is Islam a drag on individual success? Did he find out if that held true for Muslims who practice their religions in different levels?

and is this really a constructive response from an "educated" author?

WHAT he did not discuss, his critics say, was how it has been well documented in Germany that prejudice and discrimination have made it difficult — nearly impossible — for Muslims to get jobs, find housing or advance in education. A government official in Berlin said recently that many immigrants and their children were given an inferior education that did not prepare them for the work force. Mr. Sarrazin dismisses those factors as secondary, or irrelevant.