Germany, German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag), Islamfeindlichkeit und antimuslimische Straftaten im zweiten Quartal 2019. Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ulla Jelpke, Dr. André Hahn, Gökay Akbulut, weiterer Abgeordne
Country
Germany
Title
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Hate crime Islamophobia
Target Population
Muslims Religious minorities
Key findings
According to official figures provided by the Federal Government, 190 crimes were registered by the police as "hostile to Islam" between 1 October and 31 December 2019, 18 of these crimes were assaults against mosques, 9 persons were injured. Furthermore, 2 demonstrations against "Germany’s Islamisation" that were alledly influenced by righ-wing extremists were counted by the domestic intelligence authorities. An update of the prior report on Anti-Muslim crimes in the third quarter of 2019 (German Bundestag 19/15647) shows: In total 271 crimes under the subtopic "hostile to Islam" were registered, 33 of them were assaults against mosques and 12 people were injured.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Figures were drawn from the police crime statistics (Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik) on "politically motivated crime" (politisch motivierte Kriminalität) which includes "hostile to Islam" (islamfeindlich) as a new category since January 2017.
Sample details and representativeness
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