many feel sarrazin has crossed the line. his remarks are widely perceived as anti-muslim and anti-semitic. government leaders and representatives of the turkish and jewish communities have roundly condemned the bank official's statements. >> i'm accusing him of defamation and of inciting cultural racism and reducing people to their background and religion. the arguments are bogus, pseudo arguments, particularly the biologic and genetic ones, and they make it impossible to take this book and this man seriously. >> for now, thilo sarrazin is getting more attention than he has had throughout his political career. >> earlier, we spoke to our political correspondent simon young, and asked how this controversy could affect the long-running debate on the immigration of minorities in germany. >> in the first instance, in the short term, it will hinder the debate because the debate is all on mr. sarrazin and his future, but the process of integration, of making sure that everyone from society is able to join the mainstream, that does