Pakistanis in Germany

Pakistanis in Germany form the fourth largest Pakistani community in Europe, after the millions of Pakistanis in the UK, and around 50,000 each Pakistanis in Italy and France.

Overall lived 2001 29.654 Pakistani nationals in Germany, so they make 0.03% of the German population. Nearly a third of all Pakistanis living in Germany in Hessen, especially here in Frankfurt. Including the naturalized Pakistanis there are 52,668 people of Pakistani origin in Germany.

In Germany, the Pakistanis are one of the oldest immigrant groups from overseas. First Ahmadiyya communities from the former British India, founded in Germany in the early 1920s. By 1947 they were therefore counted among the Indians in Germany.

The Pakistanis in Germany native speakers of one of the many languages of Pakistan. In addition, they dominate as a foreign language mostly Hindustani ( the vernacular Urdu dialect), English and German. The main religion of the German - Pakistanis is the Ahmadiyya Islam, a few Pakistani Muslims are Sunni Muslims, Shia, or Ismaili Muslims. A minority of German - Pakistanis are also Sikhs, Parsis, Christians (usually Protestant), a few Jews, Buddhists and Hindus.

History

About 21 percent live more than 15 years in Germany. Slightly more than 25 percent occurred less than four years after Germany. Many young Pakistanis have only recently come to Germany. As most Pakistanis political refugees or economic refugees came as to Germany over the years, a significant number of them from single men composes who earn their livelihood in the various sectors of the German economy.

The majority of Pakistanis in Germany are Ahmadi Muslims who are persecuted because of their different beliefs in Pakistan. The vast majority live in the Rhine -Main area around Frankfurt, but there are also a considerable number of Pakistanis in other major cities such as Berlin and Hamburg.

Demography

According to the Federal Statistical Office were in the year 2006 1.116 Pakistanis naturalized German citizen. Almost a third of Pakistanis live in Germany in the federal state of Hesse. There are about 1,900 Pakistanis in the northern city-state of Hamburg, about 1500 in Frankfurt am Main and nearly 1,400 in the capital Berlin and its suburbs.

Languages

Most Pakistanis in Germany speak on arrival English as an international language. Many speak better Urdu, Pakistan's official language; those who were born in Germany, usually speak German and / or Urdu. Many also speak a second or third language and retain their native language.

Religions

While the Pakistanis Pakistan's predominantly Sunni Muslim form a society, a large number of Pakistanis in Germany with a disproportionate share members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. Most of the Pakistanis in Germany are members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, and some followers of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman -i -Islam Lahore Ischat or Sunni Muslims. Many who came from Pakistan to Germany came from fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan after they were declared by constitutional amendment in 1974 to non-Muslims.

Both, the DawateIslami - a Pakistani religious movement to the spread of the Sunni Barelvi Muslims - as well as the Tableeghi Jamaat - a Pakistani- Indian movement spread of the Sunni Deobandi Muslims perform their activities, regularly, especially in Frankfurt.

Since Pakistanis make up only a very small proportion of the total population in Germany, the religious interests of the Pakistani Sunnis are represented largely by the Turks in Germany, also predominantly Sunni. In contrast, the religious interests of the Pakistani Shiite minority in Germany are represented largely by Iranians in Germany, which in turn are predominantly Shia.

Education

Many Pakistanis were lured because of the comparatively low tuition fees in Germany. This is an important incentive, as many Pakistanis studying in other industrialized countries such as the UK, Canada, Australia and the U.S. can not afford. The Pakistani government has deployed as part of the Higher Commission ecucation hundreds of Pakistani scientists and researchers for training at German universities.

Most major German universities have also Pakistani student representatives. The culture of Pakistanis to educational trips to Germany was also supported by the pioneering work of Allama Iqbal, who spent much time in Germany for his studies.

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