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Islam in Germany
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| More than 5.3–5.6 million (6.4–6.7%) in 2019[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin, Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony (incl. Bremen) | |
| Religions | |
| Sunni Islam (majority), Alevism, Shia Islam | |
| Languages | |
| Main: German, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, Urdu |
| 95–100% | |
| 90–95% | |
| 50–55% | |
| 30–35% | |
| 10–20% | |
| 5–10% | |
| 4–5% | |
| 2–4% | |
| 1–2% | |
| < 1% |
Islam's significance in Germany has largely increased[3] after the labour migration in the 1960s and several waves of political refugees since the 1970s.
According to a representative survey, it is estimated that in 2019, there were 5.3–5.6 million Muslims with a migrant background[a] in Germany (6.4–6.7% of the population), in addition to an unknown number of Muslims without a migrant background.[1] A similar survey in 2016 estimated a number of 4.4–4.7 million Muslims with a migrant background (5.4–5.7% of the population) at that time.[4] An older survey in 2009 estimated a total number of up to 4.3 million Muslims in Germany at that time.[5] There are also higher estimates: according to the German Islam Conference, Muslims represented 7% of the population in Germany in 2012.[6]
In a 2014 academic publication, it was estimated that some 20,000-100,000 Germans converted to Islam, numbers which are comparable to those in France and in the United Kingdom.[7][8] In 2007
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- ^ "Muslim Population Growth in Europe Pew Research Center". 10 July 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Rauf Ceylan: Muslims in Germany: Religious and Political Challenges and Perspectives in the Diaspora" Archived 16 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wie viele Muslime leben in Deutschland?" (PDF). 14 December 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Studie: Deutlich mehr Muslime in Deutschland". DW.COM. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Muslimfeindlichkeit – Phänomen und Gegenstrategien." (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Özyürek, Esra (23 November 2014). Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691162782.
- ^ Sirri, Lana (2021). "Identification and Belonging: A Case Study of White German Women Converts to Islam". Feminist Theology. 30: 104–119. doi:10.1177/09667350211031153.
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