Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Religiousness and religious practice 183
is sex education, which is avoided more frequently by members
of other religions from predominantly Muslim countries - to
the extent of 6 per cent of male and 15 per cent of female pupils
from this group. Both the differences between Muslims and
members of other religions and the differences between the
sexes among the other religions are statistically significant.
Figure 47: Participation in gender mixed sport and swimming lessons,
sex education and the most recent school trip among pupils to
whom such lessons and activities are available, according
to religion and gender (in per cent)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Muslims, male
Muslims, fem.
Other rel., male
Other rel., fem.
Muslims, male
Muslims, fem.
Other rel., male
Other rel., fem.
Sports lessons Swimming lessons Sex education School trips
non-participation on religious grounds non-participation on other grounds participation
Muslims, male
Muslims, fem.
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of all household members, pupils aged
between 6 and 22, weighted.
Overall, it is apparent that the rejection of school classes
and activities is no “mass phenomenon”. There is nevertheless
a continuing need to win over parents with a migrant
background in this area, so as to ensure that no child remains
excluded from these activities which are important to their personal
development and to counteract the unequal participation
of Muslim girls and boys in some school subjects and activities.
Other rel., male
Other rel., fem.
Muslims, male
Muslims, fem.
Other rel., male
Other rel., fem.