Economist’s views on Muslims spark controversy in Germany

Washington Post: “Sarrazin, a board member of the German Central Bank, has divided the nation by postulating the theory that Germany is being ‘dumbed down’ by Muslim immigrants and their children. Wielding statistics and scientific arguments both in his book and in public comments, he delves into territory largely taboo here since the Holocaust, suggesting that ‘hereditary factors’ are at least partly to blame. Turks and Kurdish immigrants, he asserts, are genetically predisposed to lower intelligence than Germans and other ethnic groups, including Jews.”