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quot;Europeans Have Stopped Defending Their Values quot; Interview with German Islam Expert Bassam TibiFor years, political scientist Bassam Tibi has been urgingMuslims to integrate into European societies and Europeto stand up to Islamists. He spoke with SPIEGEL about the weakness of Europe,the orthodoxy of Islam and what Germanyneeds to do to open up.Bassam Tibi, 62, was born in Damascus,Syria and came to Germany when he was 18 to study in Frankfurt. He has been a German citizen since 1967.SPIEGEL: The administrator of one of Berlins opera houses, the Deutsche Oper,has cancelled the Mozart Opera quot;Idomeneo quot; out of fear of an Islamistreaction. Is this the first sign of Germany bowing down to IslamTibi: Its not the first sign, but rather a repeated one.Recently we have been seeing more and more acts of submission, the most recentcase being the Popes apology. When it comes to Islam, there is no freedom ofthe press nor freedom of opinion in Germany. Organized groups inIslamic communities want to decide what is said and done here. I myself havebeen dropped from numerous events because of threats. SPIEGEL: You are trying to say that critics of Islam aresystematically silenced in GermanyTibi: Yes. Even the comparatively moderate Turkishorganization DITIB says there are no Islamists, only Islam and Muslims --anything else is racism. That means that you can no longer criticize thereligion. Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany.Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, thenthe European side backs down. I have also been accused of such nonsense, eventhough my family can trace its roots right back to Muhammad and I myself knowthe Koran by heart. SPIEGEL: You have said numerous times that the conflictbetween the Western world and Muslim groups here is an quot;ideologicalwar. quot; Tibi: The result of a conflict between two sides is thatpeople politicize their cultural backgrounds. In Germany representatives of theIslamic communities try to hijack children who are born here, along with theentire Islamic community, to prevent them from being influenced by the societywhich has taken them in. Children born here are like blank sheets on which youcan write European or Islamic texts. Muslim representatives want to raise theirchildren as if they dont even live in Europe... (more) Charles Manson rsquo;s Path to Freedom From: Your Counsel Charlie,We are roughly three quarters of the way through 2006 andyour next parole hearing is in 2007. Idespise useless, futile gestures, and actions that have mere pretensions ofbeing meaningful. Think of ldquo;Farm Aid rdquo;concerts, Hollywood rsquo;s ldquo;rolling hunger strikes, rdquo; and rich college kids sleeping out in solidarity withthe ldquo;homeless. rdquo; If we don rsquo;t change ourtactics, I am afraid that we will have to add ldquo;Manson parole hearings rdquo; to thislist of meaningless gestures.If you are denied parole this time, Charlie, that wi
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