Left-Extremist Endeavours

II. Overview in Statistics
1. Organization and Member Potential 163)
In 1999, 67 (1998: 65) extremist organizations of foreigners were
active in the Federal Republic of Germany, 164) of which many
pursue their aims also with terrorist means. Bans under the Act
regulating the Law of Public Associations (Vereinsgesetz) were imposed
on three of these organizations. The member potential of
all groups increased to 59,700 persons (1998: 59,100). With approx.
31,350 members (1998: some 31,300), the Islamistic organizations
can rely on the largest number of supporters. As before,
the "Islamische Gemeinschaft Milli Görüs e.V." (IGMG - Islamic
Community Milli Görüs (reg'd)), with about 27,000 members,
was the organization with the largest membership 165) .
The member potential of foreigner groups which follow left-extremist
concepts or organizational principles slightly increased to
19,550 (1998: 19,350). Against the background of the events
surrounding its leader Abdullah ÖCALAN, the "Kurdistan Workers’
Party" (PKK) gained additional supporters. At the end of the year
1999, it had approx. 12,000 members (1998: 11,500).
The member potential of foreign extreme-nationalists also
showed a slight increase to 8,800 (1998: 8,450).
The ratio of extremist foreigners to the resident population (some
7.5 million) has, for many years, stayed under one per cent.
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