"Off course" - maybe you meant
of course, but your response is more
off-course.
"Everybody knows we are a secular multicultural democratic country not a Muslim country. Muslim Australians are of course part of that multicultural society."
Sorry, but the concept of
multiculturalism has already been admitted by none other than Merkel to be a failure (no less than 5 years ago) - the latest word is
integration.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/17/angela-merkel-german-multiculturalism-failed
Remember, this was from 5+ years ago:
"Last week, Horst Seehofer, the premier of Bavaria and a member of the Christian Social Union – part of Merkel's ruling coalition – called for a halt to Turkish and Arabic immigration.
In the past, Merkel has tried to straddle both sides of the argument by talking tough on integration but also calling for an acceptance of mosques.
But she faces pressure from within the CDU to take a harder line on immigrants who show resistance to being integrated into German society.
Yesterday's speech is widely seen as a lurch to the right designed to placate that element in her party.
Merkel said too little had been required of immigrants in the past and repeated her argument that they should learn German in order to cope in school and take advantage of opportunities in the labour market."
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What has happened in Germany since that admission that multiculturalism was a failure and the supposed "lurch to the right" by Merkel five years ago?
Zilch -
Nicht.
While the word
integration makes more sense - it implies that the immigrants actually do something substantial to fit in with the existing culture - unfortunately it has proven to be just a word thrown around to make the Germans/Europeans feel better - the multiculturalism policy remains unchanged and things have got far force.
