Ἡ λαίλαπα, μὲ τοὺς ἀμείλικτους τωρινοὺς ἀριθμούς, τῆς εἰσβολῆς ὁμάδων ἀπὸ τὴν Ἀσία καὶ τὴν Ἀφρικὴ στὴν Εὐρώπη καὶ στὴ θύρα της, τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ὅπου λιμνάζει τὸ μεγαλύτερο ποσοστό τους σήμερα ἐξ αἰτίας τῆς κυβερνητικῆς ἀδιαφορίας, εἶναι γεγονὸς ποὺ δὲν μπορεῖ πιὰ νὰ ὡραιοποιηθεῖ μὲ τὰ συνήθη εὐχολόγια περὶ ἀνάγκης γιὰ ἀνεκτικότητα καὶ συνύπαρξη. Ἡ προβληματικὴ παρουσία κυρίως τῶν Μουσουλμανικῶν κοινοτήτων σὲ πόλεις τῆς Δύσης ὅπου ὑποτίθεται ὅτι ἡ συνύπαρξη εἶχε ἐπιτευχθεῖ πρὸ πολλοῦ μαρτυροῦν πὼς ἡ κουλτούρα τους καὶ ἡ γενικότερη κοσμοαντίληψη ποὺ δομεῖται στὸ θρησκευτικό τους ὑπόβαθρο καὶ ποὺ τοὺς ἀντιπαραθέτει στοὺς ἀπίστους (the “infidels”) ὄχι μόνο καθιστᾶ ἀδύνατη τὴν ἀφομοίωση ἀλλὰ καὶ μπορεῖ νὰ ἀποβεῖ ἀποτρεπτικὴ γιὰ τὴν ἴδια τὴν ἁρμονικὴ συμβίωσή τους μὲ τοὺς κατοίκους μιᾶς Δυτικῆς κοινωνίας. Σύμφωνα μὲ τὸ ἀναφερθὲν ἄρθρο τὸ ἕνα τέταρτο τῶν Μουσουλμάνων μεταναστῶν ἐφήβων (πρώτης ἢ δεύτερης γενιᾶς) ἔχει ἐχθρικὴ στάση ἀπέναντι στοὺς Χριστιανοὺς καὶ στὴν ἴδια τὴ δημοκρατία·

***Professor Ypsilanti is correct in pointing out the failure of multiculturalism in Germany as described by The Economist writer. However, it must be pointed out that Germany progressed exactly because immigration of guest-labor. In the case of Greece immigration is not because Greek employers have written agreements with prospective immigrants on specific jobs. Any body who drives in Athens cannot fail to see the myriads of foreign youngsters waiting at the traffic lights to wash your car windows. They are unskilled workers who migrate because of the misery back at home (it is what the literature calls the push effect). Additionally, the Economist article is based mostly on the Turkish migrants and their children in Germany. But, if Germany- the richest of European countries–cannot integrate the Muslims into the greater German society, how is Greece going to achieve this, especially with our kind of neighbors? Simple logic dictates that it is the foreigners who will integrate the Greeks, not the other way around. George Papandreou has neither lived nor worked in the Ghetto, but the fault lies with the Greek voters, not with their governments.