A study of five European countries found that 60 percent of the 4.7 Muslims in Germany participated in the labor market with near identical employment relative to other Germans. The unemployment rate among Muslims is also improving, and slowly approaching the national average.
The study by Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation assessed self-identified Muslims' language skills, education, work, and social contacts in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and the United Kingdom. It did not include Muslims who arrived after 2010. [...]
Seventy-three percent of children born to Muslim parents in the Federal Republic grow up with German as their first language.
Though high school graduation rates are improving, there remains room for improvement. The study found that in France only 11 percent of Muslims do not graduate from high school, for instance, though in Germany, the number is 36 percent. [...]
For instance, when it comes to more devout Muslims, integration works much better in the UK. Yasmin El-Manouar, an Islam expert on behalf of Bertelsmannn and one of the study's authors, said Britain had created a "level playing field" for pious Muslims - female police officers in the UK have been able to wear a headscarf at work for the past 10 years.
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