Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Figure 79: Denomination of partners of Muslim interviewees with
migrant background according to denomination
(in per cent)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
12,4
3,1
83,9
Sunni
18,4 16,0
8,2
73,5
Shiite
56,1
25,0
Alevi
100,0 100,0
Ahmadi
Sufis/Mystics
33,3
66,7
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over,
weighted. Unweighted number of cases: 1,160
Ibadis
Aspects of Integration 279
24,7
73,0
Other religion
Muslim Alevi Christian Jew
Other religion No denomination Not specified
A comparison of the partner’s religion according to region
of origin shows very clearly that the partner’s religion
corresponds for the most part to the interviewee’s own religion
throughout all regions, while there is also a lower incidence of
partners who do not belong to any religion. Muslims’ partners
are also predominantly Muslim throughout all regions, while
the partners of persons belonging to other religions are usually
Christians, while in North Africa they are solely Jews 75 and in
South/Southeast Asia and other parts of Africa they frequently
belong to another religion.
75 In view of the small numbers of cases, this finding should be interpreted with
caution.
15,5
8,0
76,2
Not specified