Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

306 Concise profiles of the migrant groups
6.10 Members of other religious communities
The members of other religious communities originating
from Muslim countries of origin are a very diverse group. The
majority are Christians; Jews or members of other religions are
very rare. Among people belonging to other religions, the majority
come from central Asia/CIS (58 per cent), 21 per cent originate
from Southeast Europe.
The majority of migrants from two of the regions of origin
studied are Christians: Among migrants from Central Asia/
CIS (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) 56 per cent are Christians and 59
per cent from other parts of Africa are Christians. 34 per cent of
migrants from Southeast Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, successor
states of former Yugoslavia) are Christians.
When Central Asia/CIS and Southeast Europe are considered
together the proportion of Muslims is relatively low, which
means that this result was to be expected. All in all, immigrants
from Central Asia/CIS represent the largest group of migrants
in Germany. They are mainly made up of ethnic German repatriates:
Between 1985 and 2008 a total of 2.3 million ethnic
German repatriates migrated to Germany. The total number of
ethnic German repatriates and their offspring is estimated at
up to four million people. In addition there are Jewish migrants
from CIS (approximately 220,000); 5 per cent of migrants from
Central Asia/CIS are Jewish.
The selected countries from other parts of Africa have a
relatively high proportion of Muslims that is not reflected in
view of the high proportion of Christians among migrants in
Germany. At least half of migrants from other parts of Africa