{"id":8249,"date":"2026-03-05T11:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:47:03","slug":"growing-support-for-islamism-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2026\/03\/05\/growing-support-for-islamism-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Support for Islamism in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2026\/03\/05\/growing-support-for-islamism-in-germany\/germany-islamism-report\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8250\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/germany-islamism-report-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/germany-islamism-report-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/germany-islamism-report--300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A new report on radicalization in Germany has revealed that nearly half of all Muslims under 40 years of age in the country are sympathetic to Islamism, the belief that all social and political systems should be guided by Islam.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><!--more-->Growing Support for Islamism in Germany<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/idicenter.org\/commentary\/growing-support-for-islamism-in-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ideological Defense Institute<\/a> | March 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motra.info\/motra-monitor-2024-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new report<\/a> on radicalization in Germany has revealed that nearly half of all Muslims under 40 years of age in the country are sympathetic to Islamism, the belief that all social and political systems should be guided by the principles of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The MOTRA Monitor 2024\/25, an annual report funded by Germany\u2019s Interior Ministry and coordinated by the Federal Criminal Police Office (<em>Bundeskriminalamt<\/em>), found that 33.6% of Muslims under 40 (ages 18\u201339) are latent (hidden or concealed) supporters of Islamism, while 11.5% are explicit Islamists. According to the study, which was released to the public on March 4, 45.1% Muslims in this age group are overt or covert Islamists.<\/p>\n<p>The share of Islamists in Germany has increased substantially in recent years. In 2021, the first year that MOTRA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motra.info\/motra-monitor-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">began compiling statistics<\/a> on this issue, 22.3% of Muslims under 40 were overt or covert Islamists. In other words, according to MOTRA statistics, the number of Islamists in Germany nearly doubled between 2021 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/idicenter.org\/commentary\/growing-support-for-islamism-in-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report on radicalization in Germany has revealed that nearly half of all Muslims under 40 years of age in the country are sympathetic to Islamism, the belief that all social and political systems should be guided by Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,48],"tags":[179,181,245],"class_list":["post-8249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-islam-in-europe","tag-germany","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-islamism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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