Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

300 Concise profiles of the migrant groups
standard of training is also underlined by the low proportion of
blue-collar workers among gainfully employed Muslims from
South/Southeast Asia – the majority are white-collar workers or
self-employed.
89 per cent of Muslims from South/Southeast Asia regard
themselves as very or extremely devout. They are more likely
than average to attend religious events. Great importance is
also attached to prayer, celebration of religious festivals and observance
of Islamic rules pertaining to food and drink, although
compared with Muslims from other regions of origin they are in
the middle of the range.
Muslims from South/Southeast Asia display a highly pronounced
tendency to seek a partner from their own culture;
interethnic relationships are extremely rare. This finding is
supported by the less frequent contact with Germans among
relatives than applies in other groups. However, contacts with
Germans at the workplace are more frequent and Muslims originating
from South/Southeast Asia are in the middle of the range
with regard to contact with German friends and neighbours. A
striking characteristic is that far more than half of South/Southeast
Asian Muslims feel a stronger attachment to Germany than
to their country of origin. They have a much stronger attachment
to Germany than Muslims from other regions of origin.
6.6 Muslims from Middle East
Between 292,000 and 370,000 Muslims living in Germany
come from Middle East i.e. from Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Jordan,
Lebanon or Syria. They make up around 8 per cent of the
Muslims living in Germany. Around two thirds of the Muslims
living in Germany from this region hold up German citizenship.