According to a recent report from the monitoring platform Motra-Monitor, almost every second Muslim in Germany under the age of 40 expresses some degree of sympathy for Islamist ideas.
The study shows that among Muslims under 40:
11.5% have manifest Islamist attitudes—that is, they are openly radicalized and reject the foundations of Germany’s constitutional order in favor of Islamist models;
33.6% exhibit latent Islamist tendencies—they have sympathies but have not yet openly expressed them.
This represents a total of 45.1% of this age group. Islamist attitudes are defined in the study as a preference for Sharia law over Germany’s Basic Law, a gravitation toward radical organizations (including an ideology similar to the Muslim Brotherhood), as well as elevated levels of anti-Semitism and devaluation of other religions.
The Motra-Monitor 2024/25 report documents a disturbing trend: among young Muslims (under 40), the level of such views is significantly higher than in older age groups. Experts attribute this to a combination of factors: the influence of social media, feelings of rejection, discrimination, and active online propaganda by Islamist actors.