Germany, German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag), Islamfeindlichkeit und antimuslimische Straftaten im dritten Quartal 2022. Antwort der Bundesregierung

Country

Germany

Title

Germany, German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag), Islamfeindlichkeit und antimuslimische Straftaten im dritten Quartal 2022. Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Petra Pau, Nicole Gohlke, Clara Bünger, weiterer Abgeordneter und der Fraktion DIE LINKE.

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Year

2022

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 and/or religious groups

Key findings

According to official figures by the Federal Government, 120 crimes were registered by the police as “hostile to Islam” between 1st July and 30th September 2022, 11 of these crimes were attacks on mosques, 10 people were reported as "slightly injured". People who were seriously injured or killed were not reported. The offenses were recorded in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia. Furthermore, no demonstration against "Germany’s Islamisation" that was alledly influenced by right-wing extremists was counted by the domestic intelligence authorities.

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 the category "hostile to Islam" (islamfeindlich). Survey period July 1st, 2022 to September 31st, 2022.

Sample details and representativeness

Not applicable

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