Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

240 Aspects of Integration
new entrants, that is, persons who have migrated to Germany
since 1 January 2005, who have attended an integration course
stands at 66 per cent. Of those who have been living in Germany
for a longer period, 22 per cent have taken part in an integration
course.
The share of Muslims among those who have attended
integration courses stands at 39 per cent. Persons belonging
to another faith make up a share of 61 per cent. This share tallies
with the results of a survey of integration course students
which was conducted as part of a project examining the course
of integration of integration course students (Integration Panel)
(cf. Rother 2008: 26). This is surprising in that only immigrants
from predominantly Muslim countries were interviewed in the
project “Muslim Life in Germany”, to the exclusion of any immigrants
from the EU 15 countries, the USA and Australia.
Over half of all of those interviewed in the study “Muslim
Life in Germany” who had attended an integration course
originate from Central Asia and CIS (58 per cent). Persons from
Turkey make up the second-largest group of integration course
students (22 per cent). The maximum share of persons from
other regions attending integration courses stands at 5 per cent
(figure 65).