What to do with young criminals

FAZ publisher Frank Schirrmacher weighs in on Germany's polemical debate, urging that "the mix of youth criminality and Muslim fundamentalism" be correctly named, as "the closest thing to the deadly ideology of the 20th century." Schirrmacher argues: "Recently, Germans have been called 'pig-eaters' during baseless attacks, which already moves the conflict into the sphere of a cultural war. You can't take such comments lightly because they are developing as an evolutionary stage in the parallel worlds of our society. The second and third generation of disenfranchised immigrants has turned parts of Berlin into ungovernable zones, according to their mayors. ... The lack of integration of immigrants, which is our own fault, is now making itself felt among those born here: the majority is falling apart, through the selective slaughter of a few."

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