Meet Seyran Ates, named Germany's woman of the year in 2005 for her work in defense of Muslim women in immigrant communities.

Ates blames the rise of political Islam in Europe in great part on what she calls excessive tolerance, both by the left and the right, of repressive traditions of minority cultures — and a widespread unwillingness to integrate immigrants into mainstream society. She calls it the "Multicultural Mistake," also the title of her recently published book.

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Hat Tip: Altas Shrugs.

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