It's about time. His desk should have been cleared the day after he made his remarks. BBC:
Mr Sarrazin, in his book entitled Germany Abolishes Itself, says that Muslim immigrants are a drain on German society.
"Most of the cultural and economic problems are concentrated in a group of the five to six million immigrants from Muslim countries," he stated in the book.
The issue has proved divisive in Germany, with right-wing groups claiming his views vindicate their own stances.
But advocates of improving integration say he has made it harder to hold an objective debate by polarising opinion and obscuring the facts.
