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More than half of all Germans view Islam as a threat to their country and believe it does not belong in the Western world, according to a major new study on religious attitudes in Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent and Threatening\u201d: Most Germans See Islam as a Threat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | May 3, 2013<\/p>\n

More than half of all Germans view Islam as a threat to their country and believe it does not belong in the Western world, according to a major new study on religious attitudes in Germany.<\/p>\n

The findings confirm the results of dozens of other surveys, and reflect a growing divide between the views of ordinary Germans and those of Europe\u2019s multicultural elites, who, in the quest for \u201cdiversity,\u201d have been promoting mass immigration from Muslim countries for decades.<\/p>\n

The study, entitled, Religion Monitor 2013: Religiousness and Cohesion in Germany<\/a> (currently available only in German) was produced by the Bertelsmann Foundation<\/a>, one of the most influential think tanks and lobbying groups in Europe, and a strong proponent of \u201cprogressive\u201d causes such as multiculturalism and global governance.<\/p>\n

According to the survey — designed to measure the \u201cmost important forms and intensity of the religiosity\u201d of German citizens — the majority of Germans view Isalm as \u201cforeign, different and threatening.\u201d<\/p>\n

More specifically, 51% of Germans believe Islam poses a threat to their way of life. In East Germany that figure rises to 57%, while in West Germany it reaches 49%. (The survey also shows that one in five Germans believe Judaism poses a threat to the German way of life.)<\/p>\n

Only 25% of Germans believe that Islam has a positive influence on German society.<\/p>\n

Although 85% Germans say that society should be open to all religions, and 67% believe that \u201cevery religion has a core of truth,\u201d fully 50% of Germans believe that Islam does not belong to Germany.<\/p>\n

The survey also shows that Muslims possess the strongest religious identity in Germany. Some 90% of Muslims believe that religion is somewhat or very important, 40% rate themselves as very religious, and 30% of Muslims visit the mosque on a regular basis. By contrast, only 18% of Protestant Christians attend church on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

According to the survey, nearly 40% of Muslims in Germany believe Islam \u201chas a monopoly on the truth\u201d and that other religions are patently false. The poll shows that nearly 20% of Muslims in Germany believe that \u201conly politicians who believe in God are suitable for public office.\u201d More than 30% of Muslims believe that Muslim religious leaders should have more influence on government decision-making.<\/p>\n

Although 80% of Muslims in Germany say they believe \u201cdemocracy is a good form of government,\u201d the survey also shows that only 24% of Muslims are involved in civil society activities outside of work and family. Bertelsmann explains the statistical disconnect in this way: \u201cThe strong collective attachment to family, which prioritizes family relationships over civil society activities, probably plays a role.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey results are undeniably bad news for multiculturalists, who are now busy casting the blame for \u201cIslamophobia\u201d on German ignorance and portraying Muslim immigrants as victims of \u201cnegative stereotypes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bertelsmann claims that the Germans who are most concerned about Islam are \u201cthe elderly and those with low levels of education,\u201d although the report offers no convincing empirical evidence to support this claim.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the international broadcaster Deutsche Welle<\/a>, Detlaff Pollack, a sociologist who co-authored the Bertelsmann study, tries to downplay the negative perception of Muslims in Germany by claiming that it could be due to the lack of personal contact between Germans and Muslims. In other words, if Germans would only make the effort to meet Muslims they would like what they encounter.<\/p>\n

Pollack\u2019s explanation seems inadequate, however, given that the Bertelsmann study shows that Germans have overwhelmingly positive views of Buddhism and Hinduism, although most Germans have presumably never met a Buddhist or a Hindu, who make up only 0.3% and 0.1% of the German population, respectively.<\/p>\n

In a separate interview with Deutsche Welle<\/a>, Stephan Vopel, the other co-author of the Bertelsmann study, says:<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly education is a very important key for it [tolerance of Islam]. Secondly, we have found that there is a high correlation between the question, have you ever had contact with people of other religions, and attitudes towards other religions. This means that people of different religions must enter into dialogue with each other, need to interact with each other.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But Vopel undermines his own argument by admitting that there already is a considerable amount of interaction between Germans and Muslims. He says: \u201cHere in Germany — even in comparison with other European countries — it is not so bad. Here we do not have as strong a ghettoization, segregation in the neighborhoods, as in some other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather than asking Muslims to take responsibility for their \u201cimage problem\u201d by making a greater effort to integrate into German society, Vopel says that what is needed is more \u201cIslamic religion classes in public schools\u201d so that Germans can become better educated about Islam.<\/p>\n

In trying to explain the \u201cfrightening\u201d survey results, the pollsters at Bertelsmann apparently cannot get themselves to admit that the poll numbers might reflect reality: Maybe Germans have interacted with Muslims and simply do not like what they see.<\/p>\n

Consider the problem of state-funded polygamy in Germany, as reported in a television news broadcast on RTL Extra<\/a> on April 29, just one day after the Bertelsmann study was released. (The RTL Group<\/a> is the one of the largest media conglomerates in Europe and is actually owned by the very same Bertelsmann<\/a> that is wondering why Germans are \u201cIslamophobic.\u201d)<\/p>\n

The RTL Extra report (a 23-minute video of the RTL report can be viewed at YouTube here<\/a>) explains how Muslim polygamists are being financially supported by German taxpayers.<\/p>\n

Although polygamy is banned in Germany by Paragraph 1306<\/a> of the Civil Code and Paragraph 172<\/a> of the Penal Code, in practice these laws do not apply to Muslims.<\/p>\n

The RTL report shows how Muslim men residing in Germany are taking advantage of the social welfare system by bringing two, three or four women from across the Muslim world to Germany, and then marrying them in the presence of an imam [Muslim religious leader].<\/p>\n

Although these polygamous marriages are not officially recognized by the German state — they are technically illegal and punishable by fines and time in prison — the practice is commonplace among Muslims in all major German cities. In Berlin, for example, it is estimated that fully one-third of the Muslim men living in the Neuk\u00f6lln district of the city have two or more wives.<\/p>\n

Once in Germany the women request social welfare benefits, including the cost of a separate home for themselves and for their children, on the claim of being a \u201csingle parent with children.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RTL report says that even though the welfare fraud committed by Muslim immigrants is an \u201copen secret\u201d costing German taxpayers millions of euros each year, government agencies are reluctant to take action.<\/p>\n

Cracking down on state-funded polygamy may be bad politics. Muslims have emerged as a major voting bloc in German politics, and the mainstream parties are bending over backwards to cater to them ahead of federal elections set for September 22.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s opposition Social Democrats (SPD) are aggressively courting Muslim voters<\/a> in a desperate bid to unseat German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n

Peer Steinbr\u00fcck, for example, the 66-year-old chancellor candidate for the center-left SPD, said at a campaign stop in Berlin on April 3 that he supported the idea that, as a courtesy to Muslims, physical education classes in German schools should be divided by gender.<\/p>\n

Steinbr\u00fcck was borrowing a page from the playbook of neighboring France, where Muslims determined the outcome of the presidential elections<\/a> in May 2012, and thrust Fran\u00e7ois Hollande and his Socialist Party into office.<\/p>\n

Initially, the ruling center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) expressed outrage at Steinbr\u00fcck\u2019s regressive proposal: a party spokesperson said that \u201cchildren and parents have to get used to the fact that genders here grow up together and live with the same rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, however, the CDU has been changing its tune. As reported by the German newspaper Die Zeit<\/em><\/a> on April 30, the CDU is now actively pursuing Muslim voters, who may end up determining who will become the next chancellor of Germany.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees<\/a> (BAMF) in N\u00fcrnberg on April 10, Merkel called on Germans to show respect<\/a> for Muslim immigrants. She said: \u201cIt is not enough to be a country with a high rate of migration, but we must also become a country of integration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Merkel added: \u201cFor many immigrants, the stay in Germany is not a temporary phenomenon, as we sometimes believed, but a permanent reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her words are in stark contrast to October 2010, when Merkel said that multiculturalism has \u201cfailed utterly<\/a>,\u201d and November 2010, when the CDU passed a resolution<\/a> stressing that Germany\u2019s cultural identity (Leitkultur) is based on the \u201cChristian-Jewish tradition, ancient and Enlightenment philosophy and the nation\u2019s historical experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CDU estimates that Germany is now home to 16 million people with immigrant backgrounds, out of which up to 5.6 million are eligible to vote in September.<\/p>\n

The CDU is now actively fielding Muslim candidates. The party has especially high hopes for Cemile Giousouf<\/a>, a 34-year-old enthnic Turkish woman who will compete as a parliamentary candidate in the constituency of Hagen, a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia that is home to one of the largest Muslim communities in Germany. If Giousouf wins, she would be the first ethnic Turkish MP of the CDU in the region.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the German-Turkish Forum in the CDU, B\u00fclent Arslan, sums it up this way: \u201cTo win the sympathies of the people [Muslim immigrants], the CDU needs more ethnic Turkish MPs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soeren Kern<\/em><\/a> is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based <\/em>Gatestone Institute<\/em><\/a>. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a> and on Twitter<\/a>.
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