Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

314 Summary and conclusion
are quite religious. Considerable differences apply between
the groups of origin.
A disproportionally large number of Muslims from
Turkey and North Africa are quite religious or very religious.
Muslims from Southeast Europe and Iran have
less pronounced religiousness. Comparisons between
Muslims and people belonging to other religions
moreover show that strong religiousness is not specific
to Muslims. For most groups of origin there are only
slight differences in the degree of religiousness between
Muslims and members of other religions.
One third of Muslims state that they pray every day. At
42 per cent, the proportion of Sunnis who pray every
day is highest. 20 per cent of Muslims interviewed
never pray.
The praying practice of Muslims from the Middle East
is polarised: A third of them state that they never pray.
At the same time, 42 per cent pray every day. Among
all other groups of origin praying habits tend to go in
either one direction or the other.
Almost 70 per cent of the Muslims interviewed celebrate
religious festivals and holidays. Among these,
80 per cent of Sunnis state that they celebrate religious
festivals. Somewhat more than half of Alevis and people
belonging to other Islamic denominations observe
religious holidays. Just under 40 per cent of Shiites observe
religious festivals.