This is the result of a joint study by the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), the Alice Schwarzer Foundation and the Giordano Bruno Foundation. For this study, the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach (Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research) asked a representative sample of around 1000 people about their attitudes towards Islam and Islamism.
The survey shows that the majority of people in Germany have a differentiated image of Islam and distinguish very precisely between “Islam and Islamism”. For example, 65 percent think that “Muslims must have the same right to religious freedom” as Christians. At the same time, however, only 5 percent of those surveyed believe that Islam poses no threat to German society. A majority of 63 per cent, however, do not see “Islam” as threatening, but certain Islamist groups, which they fear could change the social climate and contribute to a regression in tolerance and gender equality.
71 per cent of respondents assume that a “radical interpretation of the Koran” incites violence and that “hatred and intolerance are spread in some mosques”. Accordingly, 61 per cent demand that Islamic organisations financed from abroad should be banned. The current Allensbach survey also shows that unease about the Islamic full-face veil remains very high: 90 per cent are in favour of a “burqa ban”, either in general or in certain areas. In the case of the headscarf, 61 per cent advocate a ban for female teachers in public schools and 53 per cent for a ban for girls under 14. At the same time, a majority affirms the right to wear a headscarf in private businesses such as supermarkets.
The gap between the majority’s concern about radical Islam and what the parties are trusted to do to solve the problem is striking. To the question “Which party or parties in Germany are particularly active in the fight against radical Islam?”, 4 percent answered: the Left / 5 percent: the Greens / 7 percent: the FDP / 9 percent: the SPD / 21 percent: the CDU/CSU – and 43 percent: the AfD. According to Allensbach head Prof. Renate Köcher: “It is a risky constellation when the overwhelming majority does not identify any of the moderate parties as advocates on an important issue.” The question of the established parties’ relationship to political Islam could thus still play an explosive role in the elections.
https://www.giordano-bruno-stiftung.de/meldung/umfrage-islam-islamismus