Iran Press/ Europe: Last year, a total of 871 attacks aimed at Muslims or their institutions took place in Germany, as reported by Deutsche Welle, the information, citing the government's response to an inquiry submitted by a member of the opposition socialist Left party.
Ulla Jelpke, the Left's spokesperson on domestic affairs, said that based on the experience she expected up to another 90 cases to be added to the list.
The report also showed that 33 Muslims had been injured in such Islamophobic attacks over the past year. The overall numbers have been steady since 2017.
Ticking time bomb
"The Islamophobia continues to erupt in violent attacks, threats, and insults," Jelpke said.
She added that it was too early to give the all-clear, despite police stepping up action against extreme right-wing groups in the aftermath of recent attacks.
German politician also said: "Unfortunately, we have to expect that there are more similar ticking time bombs."
In February, a gunman motivated by right-wing and racist ideology killed nine people in the city of Hanau, in western Germany. All of the victims had foreign heritage, including Turkish and Bosnian.
Such attacks have led some to speak out about the daily fear of violence that Muslims in Germany must grapple with, while officials have come in for criticism for underestimating right-wing terror for too long.
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