Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

Summary and conclusion 325
38 per cent of Muslims interviewed live in an area
where the proportion of foreigners predominates.
Southeast European Muslims are least likely to live in a
district with a large number of foreigners (24 per cent).
Turkish Muslims are most likely to live in a residential
area of this type (42 per cent).
More than two thirds of Muslims interviewed feel a
strong or a very strong attachment to their place of
residence.
Almost 70 per cent of Muslims said that they feel a
strong or a very strong attachment to Germany. 60 per
cent feel a strong or a very strong attachment to their
country of origin.
36 per cent of Muslims state that they have a stronger
attachment to Germany than to their country of origin.
By contrast, 27 per cent feel closer to their country
of origin than to Germany. Among interviewees with
a German passport 51 per cent state that they have a
stronger attachment to Germany than to their country
of origin. Only one in three interviewees with a foreign
passport feels the same.
All in all the intensity of contact between people from
Muslim countries of origin and people of German origin
is very high in all areas of everyday life. Contact
with people at the workplace and in the neighbourhood
is highest. In almost all groups more than three
quarters of interviewees have frequent contact in
these areas. But there are generally also frequent per-