Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

160 Religiousness and religious practice
Figure 43: Membership of religious organisations among interviewees
with migrant background according to religion and region
of origin (in per cent)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
87,3
79,1
12,7
20,9
Muslims
Other
religion
Southeast
Europe
76,3
23,7
63,2
36,8
Muslims
Other
religion
100,0
74,5
25,5
Muslims
Other
religion
Turkey Central
Asia/CIS
100,0
55,6
44,4
Muslims
Other
religion
71,7
28,3
68,5
31,5
Muslims
Other
religion
Iran South/Southeast
Asia
no membership
membership
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,417/1,812
94,9
5,1
65,2
34,8
Muslims
Other
religion
Middle
East
81,1
18,9
75,0
25,0
Muslims
Other
religion
North
Africa
86,2
13,8
58,0
42,0
Muslims
Other
religion
other
parts of
Africa
A more differentiated analysis of the Muslim denominations
reveals that the share of persons who are registered
members of a religious organisation is lower among the Alevis
(10 per cent) and Shiites (10 per cent) than among the Sunnis (22
per cent). Among the members of other Islamic denominations,
such as the Ibadis or the Ahmadis, as many as 29 per cent are
members of an organisation (figure 44).