Otto Schily Quotations

The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community.

The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa.

This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.

Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.

Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.

The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place.

This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here and asking what happened between 1933 and 1945. A lot of that will come up. I think this will make an important contribution to those discussions.

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome.

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement.

On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.

After Madrid, we intensified our investigative efforts once again, and we are in the process of bringing about expansions in security laws and creating an index file system.

Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.

Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree.

It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter.

On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.

The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.

The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.

There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.

We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers.

Procedures outside the stadiums and in the parking areas still need to be optimized, for example so that emergency medical services can leave the grounds on their way to the hospital faster.

We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

Wherever he is extradited depends on the country where he is. We are well advised to give the U.S.A. the first choice because the attacks took place in America. We will not make any demands (to go first).

The fact that Linux provides a true alternative to the Windows operating system,

One should be self-critical enough to say the DFB itself was one of the reasons (for the delay), there's no reason to beat about the bush about that,

Given the fact that most of the victims are foreigners, one can suspect that it could have such a background,

That a terrorist linked to the 9/11 attacks has now been convicted is proof that Germany is fighting Islamic terror with efficiency and success.

I think this is an acceptable compromise for the employers -- a compromise that as far as the financial capacity of the public purse is concerned goes to the limit of what is acceptable,

The aim of law is to strengthen and to sharpen the (existing) laws,

Unfortunately, this did not happen in an adequate manner.

We can't allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings.

Unfortunately a shadow is falling over Sepp Herberger. It shouldn't be overlooked that he let his national team take part in a Nazi propaganda film in 1941. He let himself become part of the Nazi propaganda.

The government is taking decisive action against any activities which have an extremist or terrorist background.

This would strengthen the trust between both partners,

When you look today at the Internet, and see the kind of racist and anti-Semitic filth -- yes, you can call it filth -- then it's frightening,

It's a very serious decision, ... Everyone must bear responsibility for the decision they take.

It's repulsive to claim that terror and extremism will be imported to Germany if we modernize our citizenship laws,

It's defamatory to the foreigners who live here. It is a panic reaction to their loss of power,

It took far too long for this book to be written. But it also took a long time for Germany as a nation to be able to look clearly at what happened in the Nazi era.

The needle is oscillating more toward a grand coalition under the leadership of Schroeder,

Information and details point to a crime. The amount and nature of the material used in the tanker confirm that it was an (terrorist) attack.

if the unions go on strike, our offer -- which already is double what we originally offered -- will be off the table.

If you look at the results of the grand coalition, it accomplished a lot.

I suggest setting up a corps of specially trained European riot police that can work at an international level to de-escalate problems and, where needed, effectively quell violence.

We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings.