Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Religiousness and religious practice 157
Figure 41: Interethnic contact and frequency of attendance of religious
service among interviewees with migrant background according
to religion (in per cent)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
72,7 75,5
80,1
85,7
24,6
17,4
17,0
12,7
2,7 7,1 3,0 1,6
7,1 3,5
Muslims Other religion Muslims Other religion Muslims Other religion
no attendance of
religious events
seldom attendance of religious
events
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 4,099
68,7
24,1
80,4
16,1
frequent attendance
of religious events
no contact occasional contact frequent contact
The finding that regular attendance of religious events
is less conducive to forging contact with Germans for Muslim
interviewees than for members of other religious communities
may be attributable to the fact that events of an Islamic nature
are less likely to be attended by Germans than Christian events.
This results in less points of potential contact with Germans for
Muslims at religious events in comparison to migrants from a
Christian background.
An assessment of the connection between participation
in religious events and membership of a German association
or organisation produces a similar result (figure 42). Muslims
who rarely attend religious events or worship are more likely to
be members of a German association or organisation. Muslims