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Anti-Muslim Views Could Cost German Banker Dearly

By Theunis BatesSep 4th 2010 – 2:18PM
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Marcus Brandt, AFP / Getty Images

(Sept. 4) -- Since the financial crash of 2008, most bankers have sensibly stayed out of the limelight and attempted to avoid controversy. But not Thilo Sarrazin, a director of Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank. His inflammatory new book on the perils of immigration has sparked furious debate in his homeland and...

Divisive German Banker Launches Immigration Book

Aug 30th 2010 – 6:53AM

BERLIN (Aug. 30) -- A leading German banker who sparked outrage over remarks stereotyping Muslims and Jews is launching his new book on immigration issues amid calls for his removal from the federal bank's board. The Bundesbank's Thilo Sarrazin has said "all Jews share the same gene" and that Muslim immigrants in Europe...

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The Deutsche Bundesbank (German for German Federal Bank) is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).

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