Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

148 Religiousness and religious practice
More than half of all Muslims (57 per cent) state that they
adhere fully to religious rules on fasting (figure 37). Among the
members of non-Muslim religions, only just under a quarter (19
per cent) of interviewees confirm such strict adherence. At the
same time, almost half of persons without a Muslim background
(48 per cent) claim that they fast at least in some instances on
religious grounds. 24 per cent of interviewed Muslims and 33
per cent of non-Muslims do not fast.
Figure 37: Fasting on religious grounds 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%
23,6
32,9
19,7
48,3
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,257
56,7
18,8
no partly yes
Persons belonging to the Sunni denomination adhere
most strictly to the rules on fasting (figure 68), with around two
thirds (70 per cent) stating that they observe Islamic rules on
fasting. Almost a quarter of Shiite Muslims do not fast. Despite
their comparatively low level of religiousness (figure 26), 37
per cent state that they fast in some instances and 38 per cent
fully observe the Islamic rules on fasting such as they apply to
them. The majority of Alevi interviewees (55 per cent) state that