Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Religiousness and religious practice 145
Figure 34: Celebration of major religious festivals and holidays among
interviewed Muslims according to region of origin (in per cent)
Southeast Europe
Turkey
Central Asia/CIS
Iran
South/Southeast Asia
Middle East
North Africa
other parts of Africa
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
17,5
24,7
23,5
25,0
25,4
21,4
20,0
31,8
5,8
12,1
16,7
21,0
18,3
25,9
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,463
66,2
76,7
59,1
66,5
63,3
54,3
56,7
48,7
9,1
10,3
no partly yes
Religious dietary laws
With the exception of the regions of Iran and Central
Asia/CIS, the overwhelming majority of the surveyed Muslims
avoid certain foods and beverages on religious grounds. In
contrast, very few non-Muslims tailor their eating behaviour to
religious rules. A similar picture applies here across all regions
of origin (figure 35).