Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Sociodemographics and migration biography 105
of the interviewees who originate from a predominantly Muslim
country nevertheless stated that they belong to a Christian
religion. A further 17 per cent stated that they do not belong to
any religious community. 4 per cent of interviewees described
themselves as Jews or adherents to another religion. With regard
to religion, this reveals similar trends to those which have
already been ascertained for the members of the households
(Table 9). A noticeable aspect, however, is that the share of persons
declaring that they have no allegiance to any religion is
higher among the surveyed household members than among
the interviewees. This is presumably attributable to the fact that
less religious interviewees regard themselves as belonging to
a religion on account of formal membership (of a church, etc.)
or due to their upbringing, while classifying their children as
not belonging to any religion on account of their non-religious
upbringing.
The percentage of interviewed Muslims according to
regions of origin ranges from 85 per cent of interviewees from
North Africa through 88 per cent of those from Turkey, 64 per
cent of those from the Middle East, 50 per cent of those from
Iran and 23 per cent from other African countries (excluding
North Africa) to 2 per cent of those from Central Asia/CIS. 43 It is
notable that 37 per cent of the interviewees originating from
Iran stated that they did not belong to any religion. 44
43 Only a very small number of cases (n < 20) were available for Muslims from Central
Asia/CIS and interviewees belonging to another religion from North Africa.
This imposes certain limitations on the validity of findings on these groups.
44 This reflects the breakdown of regions of origin and religious adherence of the
household members (table 9).