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bership, this association has furthermore managed to establish
itself as a key point of contact for the general public since 2001
in particular, as a result of a strong media presence.
Table 21: Knowledge of Muslim organisations among interviewed
Muslims according to country of origin (in per cent)
Southeast
Europe
Turkey
Central
Asia/CIS
Iran
South/
Southeast
Asia
Middle
East
North
Africa
other
parts of
Africa
ZMD 21,6 24,0 14,3 21,7 32,5 35,9 41,7 44,8
IR 11,9 16,4 5,0 10,3 17,6 15,1 17,1 17,9
DİTİB 6,0 59,0 19,0 8,7 11,8 12,1 12,6 16,7
VIKZ 11,9 30,2 — 2,9 13,4 12,1 18,8 20,0
KRM 3,3 11,4 — 7,2 4,2 7,0 8,0 13,3
AABF 4,0 35,9 — 5,8 6,7 10,6 6,3 10,0
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,472
Finally, we address the question as to how well Muslims
feel themselves to be represented by these associations in Germany.
This question was only put to those persons who had
stated that they were aware of the respective associations.
Overall, only 37 per cent of those interviewed who were
aware of the associations felt themselves to be represented by
the associations to some extent at least. 50 per cent state that
they do not consider themselves to be represented at all by the
associations of which they aware. The remainder were undecided
(“don’t know”: 12 per cent) or failed to provide an answer
(1 per cent).