A study, which involved intensive questioning of 45,000 teenagers from 61 towns and regions across Germany, was conducted by Christian Pfeiffer of the criminal research institute of Lower Saxony.

A further study shows that water is wet.

A study that shows boys growing up in religious Muslim families are more likely to be violent seems set to reignite the debate over religion and integration, a media report said on Sunday.

Pfeiffer said that even when other social factors were taken into account, there remained a significant correlation between religiosity and readiness to use violence.

The increased likelihood to use violence was restricted to Muslim boys Pfeiffer said – Muslim girls were just as likely to be violent as non-Muslim girls.

Oh dear! Next he is going to surmise that Islam is a puerile misogynist testosterone driven cult!

The results showed that Muslim boys from immigrant families were more than twice as likely to agree with macho statements than boys from Christian immigrant families. The rate was highest among those considered as very religious, Pfeiffer said. They were also more likely to be using violent computer games and have criminal friends.

Don’t blame them, they are simply behaving as both their mentally impoverished Imams are forcing them to do, and obeying the Q’ran. Islam mandates that they behave in this appalling manner. The correlation is by no means co-incidental.