Germany logged a record 670 antisemitic offenses in 2025 that were fueled by Islamist extremism, 6% more than a year earlier, The Jewish Chronicle reported.
The tally reflects a sharp rise since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) compiled the figures at the request of Green Party MP Lamya Kaddor, who sought data on incidents linked to Islamist or Muslim contexts before and after the massacre.
Authorities counted 16 such offenses in 2022 and 33 more from January 1 to October 6, 2023. The number then jumped to 331 within three months of the attack, before reaching 631 in 2024 and 670 in 2025.
Offenses range from graffiti, threats and insults to glorifying terror groups and serious violence. Almost half of the 2025 total involved displaying symbols of banned terror groups such as Hezbollah and Islamic State, Welt am Sonntag reported. A Syrian man stabbed a Spanish tourist in an attempted murder at Berlin's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in February 2025.
Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, warned that the hostility is increasingly visible in public life. "Today, Islamist-influenced hatred of Jews is being unleashed quite openly on the streets, at universities, and on the internet," he said.
Kaddor urged a firm response to Islamist antisemitism but cautioned against blanket blame for Muslims. She wrote on X: "Islamist antisemitism must be decisively combated, without placing Muslims under general suspicion. For this, effective prevention, reliable data, and cooperation with Muslim communities are needed, instead of cuts and generalizations."
Germany recorded 6,548 antisemitic offenses in 2025 across all ideological categories, so the Islamist-motivated 670 are only part of the picture. 3,163 (48.3%) involved Israel, while right-wing extremism remained the largest category.
The government cited initiatives such as the German Islam Conference, founded in 2006, which has made fighting antisemitism and improving Jewish-Muslim relations a central goal since 2011. Parliamentary State Secretary Christoph de Vries said the initiatives centered on "empowering Muslim organizations and individuals in the fight against antisemitism and strengthening Jewish-Muslim dialogue".
After October 7, the conference widened its talks, and an Anne Frank Educational Centre project now targets online Jew-hatred tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while seeking fresh ideas for Jewish-Muslim dialogue.
Regional leaders also flagged propaganda. Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck said: "Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism has become a central mobilization issue for Islamists." North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul separately warned that extremists increasingly recruit and spread propaganda online, the JC reported, saying: "Islamists come through mobile phones today. We must not leave this door open to them."
