Germany records 930 Islamophobic crimes in nine months, authorities say
Germany records 930 Islamophobic crimes in nine months, authorities say
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German police recorded 930 Islamophobic offences between January and September 2025, based on figures the federal government provided in response to a parliamentary inquiry.
The data show 469 incidents in the first quarter, 316 in the second and 145 in the third, according to Anadolu Agency. Among those incidents, authorities documented 31 attacks on mosques, which left 37 people injured, one seriously. Reported offences covered a range of offences — public incitement, insults, threats, the use of banned symbols, property damage and physical assaults — and, according to the government, most were carried out by far-right extremists.
The response to the parliamentary question also gives details on suspects: police identified 283 suspects in the first quarter, 172 in the second and 85 in the third — a total of 540 individuals — but just five people were taken into custody and no arrest warrants had been issued for them at the time of the report.
The new figures form part of a wider, worrying trend. According to Daily Sabah, parliamentary replies and NGO monitoring have shown large year-on-year increases in anti-Muslim incidents in Germany: official counts for 2023 and 2024 were far higher than earlier years, and civil-society groups documented thousands of Islamophobic incidents in recent years. Human Rights Watch and allied NGOs have warned that the rise in anti-Muslim racism and violence has been fuelled by far-right movements and inflammatory public rhetoric and that official monitoring and policy responses remain insufficient.
Community groups and Muslim-rights advocates have called for stronger prevention, better data collection and faster criminal follow-up to assaults, Human Rights Watch says, arguing that under-reporting and inconsistent categorization of hate offences mask the true scale of the problem. Officials and civil-society actors say coordinated action, improved policing practices and clearer political condemnation are needed to protect Muslim communities and places of worship.
