Arabs in Germany

Arab Germans are German citizens of Arab descent. They form the second-largest predominantly Muslim immigrant group in Germany after the large German–Turkish community.

Arabs in Germany
العرب في المانيا
Total population
1,234,365[1] (1.49%)
Regions with significant populations
Berlin, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich, Offenbach, Wuppertal
Languages
Arabic, German
Religion
Majority Islam (mainly Sunni Islam, minorities Twelver Shia Islam, Alevism, Alawites, Sufism, Isma'ilism, Zaidiyyah, Ibadi)
Christianity (mainly Syriac Orthodox Church, minorities Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodoxy, Syriac Maronite Church, Coptic Orthodox Church)
Druze
Mandaeans
Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Arabs (Arab diaspora)

There is an estimated number of 400,000 to 500,000 people of Arab origin residing in Germany in 2013.[2] In the following years, the numbers doubled as they are an estimated 1,000,000+ people.[2] As of 31 December 2017, the total of people (from Arab League) reached 1,234,365.[3] Most Arabs moved to Germany in the 1970s, partly as Gastarbeiter from Morocco, the Turkish Province of Mardin (see: Arabs in Turkey) and Tunisia. Later many came from Kuwait, Lebanon, and recently many came from Syria and Iraq. The majority of Arabs are refugees of the conflicts in the Middle East.

The first notable Arab-German was Emily Ruete, originally Salama bint Said, a Princess of Zanzibar who became pregnant by a German man who was her neighbor.[4] Fearing retaliation, she eloped with him to Germany, converted to Christianity, and married him. She later published her autobiography, “Memoirs of an Arabian Princess”.[5]

Geographical distribution

The largest concentration of Arab people in Germany, can be found in Berlin, where they make up 2%–3% (100,000 people) of the population. The percentage is significantly higher in the Berlin neighborhoods of Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Gesundbrunnen. Other significant centres of Arab populations in Germany can be found in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, Frankfurt, Munich, Hanover and Hamburg.[2] Most Arabs reside in urban areas and cities in former West-Germany. The only place in former Eastern Germany with a sizeable number of Arabs is Leipzig, where people of any Arab descent make up 0.8% of the total population (4,000 out of 522,800).[6] Among the German districts with the highest shares of Arab migrants in 2011 were especially cities in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region (Frankfurt, Offenbach) and the Rhineland (Bonn, Düsseldorf) with large groups of Moroccan migrants.[7]

No Country of birth Population (2015)[3] Population (2016)[3][8] Population (2017)[3]
1. Syria366,556637,845698,950
2. Iraq136,399227,195237,365
3. Morocco72,12975,85575,620
4. Lebanon37,16041,44541,375
5. Somalia23,35033,90038,675
6. Tunisia30,69632,90034,140
7. Egypt22,97926,91529,600
8. Algeria20,50521,32019,845
9. Libya13,12314,26514,805
10. Jordan10,04110,75511,520
11. Sudan7,1457,7157,760
12. Yemen4,1504,8705,540
13. Saudi Arabia6,2075,8355,350
14. Palestine2,5313,4703,770
15. UAE3,5514,1853,715
16. Kuwait3,0433,8453,310
17. Qatar1,0471,0851,060
18. Mauritania704750740
19. Oman620600540
20. Bahrain390435480
21. Djibouti104125135
22. Comoros688070
Σ 22Total 762,4981,155,3901,234,635

Clans involved in crime
Main article: Immigration and crime in Germany

In Berlin, clans of Arab descent have organised parallel societies in Berlin and Bremen where they sustain themselves by crime.[9][10][11][12] In Berlin, 20 extended families with each having up to 500 members are established according to estimates of the police, but not all family members are involved in crime. According to the Landeskriminalamt, a third of all court proceedings against organized crime concerns members of the clans. About half of the clan suspects had a German passport.[12]

In January 2019, 1300 police took part in an effort against Arab crime clans in Essen, Duisburg, Bochum, Dortmund, Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen. It was the largest police operation in the history of North Rhine-Westphalia.[13]

Notable Germans of Arab descent
Film, television, acting
Music
Sports

See also

References
  1. "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2014-09-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Anzahl der Ausländer in Deutschland nach Herkunftsland in den Jahren 2015 und 2016". statista (in German).
  4. http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2014/05/the-runaway-princess.html
  5. Women Imagine Change p. 411
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Kartenseite: Marokkaner in Deutschland - Landkreise". kartenseite.wordpress.com. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  8. "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  9. Büscher, Wolfgang (2018-03-04). "Arabische Großfamilien: Null-Toleranz-Strategie soll kriminelle Clans zerschlagen". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  10. WELT (2017-12-25). "Berlin befreit Straßen von Schutzgeld-Erpressungen – "Ergeben uns nicht"". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  11. Behrendt, Michael (2016-04-10). "Organisiertes Verbrechen: In Berlin regieren arabische Clans". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  12. Schmalz, Alexander. "20 Großfamilien in Berlin: Clans haben die Straßen aufgeteilt". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  13. Schwerdtfeger, Christian. "Groß-Razzia gegen Clans im Ruhrgebiet: "Wir haben eine klare Botschaft gesendet"". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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