Germany, German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag), Islamfeindlichkeit und antimuslimische Straftaten im vierten Quartal 2019. Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ulla Jelpke, Dr. André Hahn, Gökay Akbulut, weiterer Abgeordne

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Germany

Title

Germany, German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag), Islamfeindlichkeit und antimuslimische Straftaten im vierten Quartal 2019. Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ulla Jelpke, Dr. André Hahn, Gökay Akbulut, weiterer Abgeordneter und der Fraktion DIE LINKE. - Drucksache 19/17631 -, Printed Document 19/19328, 19 March 2020.

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Year

2020

Type of publication

Parliamentary document

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

Germany, German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag), answer by the Federal Government (Bundesregierung) to a parliamentary request

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 allegedly influenced by right-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: From 1 July to 31 September 2019, 271 crimes were registed by the police as „hostile to Islam“ , 33 of them were assaults against mosques, 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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