Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

How many Muslims live in Germany? 91
The compositions of the individual groups of origin vary
greatly with regard to religious affiliation. There is a disproportionately
large share of Muslims among immigrants from
Turkey and North Africa and their dependents. More than 80
per cent of persons of Turkish origin are Muslims; the figure for
North Africans is 75 per cent. With a share of 1 per cent, Muslims
form a clear minority among persons from Central Asia/
CIS. Most of the immigrants from this region of origin and from
other parts of Africa belong to a Christian religion. Persons who
do not belong to any religion are particularly common among
the Central Asia/CIS group of origin and among Iranians, with a
share of 38 per cent in both cases.
Figure 10: Muslims according to region of origin (in per cent)
0,4 Central Asia/CIS
1,5 other parts of Africa
1,7 Iran
4,6 South/Southeast Asia
6,9 North Africa
8,1 Middle East
13,6 Southeast Europe
63,2 Turkey
Source: Extrapolation results on the basis of MLG 2008,
dataset for all household members and the AZR data as
at 30 June 2008 (Table 5, mean value)
A consideration of the composition of all Muslims living
in Germany according to region of origin reveals that a clear
majority originate from Turkey at 63 per cent (figure 10). At