HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germany's inflamed public debate about Islam and integration risks serious overheating as politicians compete to make ever tougher statements criticising Muslims immigrants they accuse of refusing to fit in here.
The escalating row, sparked off when a Bundesbank board member slammed Muslims as dim-witted welfare spongers, has mixed some social problems and some Muslim customs into a vision of Islam as a looming menace to German society.
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