Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Religiousness and religious practice 143
tion from the non-Muslim interviewees are 20 per cent lower, at
49 per cent. Similar to the responses given to the questions on
religious practice presented above, the non-Muslims state more
frequently than Muslim interviewees that they celebrate some
religious festivals (22 per cent, as opposed to 12 per cent among
Muslims). 20 per cent of the interviewed Muslims and 30 per
cent of the non-Muslims state that they do not observe religious
festivals.
Figure 32: Celebration of major religious festivals and holidays among
interviewees with migrant background according to religion
(in per cent)
Muslims
Other
religion
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
19,5
29,5
11,5
21,6
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,267
68,9
48,9
no partly yes
A distinction between the Islamic denominations shows
that the Sunnis form also in this category the group with the
largest proportion of practicing Muslims. 79 per cent of Sunni
interviewees state that they celebrate the major religious festivals
of their own religious community (figure 33). The majority
of interviewed Alevis (51 per cent) and the majority of members