According to a special report prepared for the Green Member of Parliament Lamya Kaddor and subsequently covered by “Welt am Sonntag”, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) registered an unprecedented number of antisemitic crimes of Islamist origin last year. The authorities tracked 670 such cases, representing about a six percent increase compared to 2024. This spectrum of offenses ranges from glorification of terrorism, insults, and property damage, all the way up to serious acts of violence.
The surge in these cases followed dramatically the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The specialized report indicated that in the entire year of 2022, the authorities had registered 16 corresponding offenses; from January 1, 2023, to October 6, 2023, the count rose to 33. Remarkably, between October 7 and the end of the year, an additional 331 cases were documented. The number then climbed to 631 in 2024, reaching 670 in 2025.
Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews, stated to “Welt am Sonntag” that the threat faced by Jewish people has reached an “unbearable level.” He noted that anti-Jewish hatred fueled by Islam “is now openly expressed in the streets, on universities, and online.”
Ministers of the Interior from several German states are also issuing warnings about the solidification of Islamist antisemitism. Roman Poseck, the Interior Minister for Hesse (CDU), remarked that “since October 7, 2023, antisemitism has become a central mobilization theme for Islamists.” Herbert Reul, the Interior Minister for North Rhine-Westphalia (CDU), added, “Islamists now come through mobile phones. We must not leave them this door open.”
The Federal Government intends to strengthen its counter-measures. “Welt am Sonntag” reported, citing its own sources, that the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s new advisory board on the prevention of Islamism is set to present recommendations by the end of the year. Christoph de Vries, a Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (CDU), noted that in December 2025, the government had replaced the previous Islam advisors and reconstituted the body. He agreed that it was positive that the advisory board explicitly addresses Muslim antisemitism, particularly as it manifests in major German cities, stating that the CDU politician is responsible for leading this issue.
The Interior Minister for Hesse further demanded that the planned action plan feature “a resolute approach against Islamist propaganda on the internet, the consistent use of association bans, and residency law consequences for foreign offenders who spread hatred against Jews.”
