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[barryqwalsh]

Yet, what was German Chancellor Angela Merkel bewailing in her New Year’s message? Islamophobia.

Demonstrations in Dresden against the 200,000 asylum seekers who entered Germany from an inflamed Middle East last year, and the difficulty of assimilating them and the four million Muslims already in Germany have ignited weekly protests.

Do not go to these rallies of Pegida — Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West — railed Merkel, for their organizers have “prejudice, coldness, even hatred in their hearts.”

Immigration is a “gift for all of us,” said Merkel.

The Paralysis of Europe

 

[Sonny Clark]

Yet, what was German Chancellor Angela Merkel bewailing in her New Year’s message? Islamophobia.

Demonstrations in Dresden against the 200,000 asylum seekers who entered Germany from an inflamed Middle East last year, and the difficulty of assimilating them and the four million Muslims already in Germany have ignited weekly protests.

Do not go to these rallies of Pegida — Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West — railed Merkel, for their organizers have “prejudice, coldness, even hatred in their hearts.”

Immigration is a “gift for all of us,” said Merkel.

The Paralysis of Europe

It's a sign of the times. With over 6 Billion people on Earth, soon to be 7 Billion, there's bound to be migration, civil unrest, wars, religious differences, political differences, growing pangs, and territory disputes. We have our own immigration problems here in the U.S. We have protests, people marching in the streets, and crimes every second of every day. There is no paradise, nor perfect safe zone to avoid the human element.