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(Reinders 2008: 22). The available data confirm this picture
across all Muslim groups.
In the study “Muslim Life in Germany” 67 per cent of all
interviewees express a wish for more contact with Germans – 69
per cent of Muslims and 63 per cent of those belonging to other
religions. Muslims from all regions of origin show a pronounced
willingness to have more contact with Germans.
Figure 75: Wish for more contact with Germans among interviewees with
migrant background according to region of origin and religion
(in per cent)
100%
21,5
13,6
22,0 18,0 23,1 16,7
80%
27,7
24,6 30,0
35,8 26,1 27,3
38,5
27,8
40,0
60,0
60%
40% 77,1
66,4
55,5
81,8
66,6 62,9
52,2
73,7
61,1 62,3
76,8
68,1 72,3
76,7
68,2
20%
40,0
0%
Muslim
Other
religion
Southeast
Europe
Muslim
Other
religion
Muslim
Other
religion
Turkey Central
Asia/CIS
Muslim
Other
religion
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 4,541 (Occasional: several times a month or less;
frequent= daily, several times a week or once a week).
Muslim
Other
religion
Iran South/
Southeast
Asia
Muslim
Other
religion
Middle
Eas t
Muslim
Other
religion
North
Africa
Muslim
Other
religion
other parts
of
Africa
Yes No Don't know
There is practically no group, which has no contact with
Germans in daily life and does not wish for such contact; only
around 1 per cent fall into this category among the group of
Muslim migrants from Turkey and among the members of other