Egypt’s dominant religion is Islam, with a significant minority of Coptic Christians. Islam is practiced by the majority of Egyptians and it basically manages their personal, political, economic and legal lives. "The Egyptian government discriminates against the Copts and hampers their freedom of worship. The police at the local level frequently harass and sometimes even persecute Christians, particularly converts.” A convert can even be forced to divorce his or her spouse, so Islamic people have very little resilience towards other religions that differ from theirs. The Quran is their holy book, and the actions of the Prophet are used as support for all advice and what path to take in the religion. The primary understanding of religious freedom
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Islam demoralizes dating between middle and upper classes. Usually the couple meets at school or university where they hang out in groups with other people. However in the lower classes, interlacing is pretty rare, and sometimes families will negotiate the marriage of their unmarried son or daughter. Basically the son or daughter does not have much to say in that situation, since it is the parents the ones that will make that decision in order to benefit themselves and/or the rest of the family at the expense of their child getting married, whether or not he or she wants to marry the other person.
Comparing Egypt’s religion to the religion in the United States, they are quite different. Religion in the United States is characterized by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. “The First Amendment specifically denied the federal government any power to enact any law respecting either an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise, thus protecting any religious organization, institution, or denomination from government interference.” Meaning that the government isn’t allowed to deprive any one from their rights to practice their religion, nor discriminate them for that reason. Islam is based on the Quran, people refer back to it to distinguish well from bad, and to see if that is something that God would approve of. They believe that God is the source of human rights, and they grant the rights of others in order to fulfill their duties to God. On the other hand, other religions don’t rely that much in God. They can differ well from wrong because of common sense rather than because God says
Islam demoralizes dating between middle and upper classes. Usually the couple meets at school or university where they hang out in groups with other people. However in the lower classes, interlacing is pretty rare, and sometimes families will negotiate the marriage of their unmarried son or daughter. Basically the son or daughter does not have much to say in that situation, since it is the parents the ones that will make that decision in order to benefit themselves and/or the rest of the family at the expense of their child getting married, whether or not he or she wants to marry the other person.
Comparing Egypt’s religion to the religion in the United States, they are quite different. Religion in the United States is characterized by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. “The First Amendment specifically denied the federal government any power to enact any law respecting either an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise, thus protecting any religious organization, institution, or denomination from government interference.” Meaning that the government isn’t allowed to deprive any one from their rights to practice their religion, nor discriminate them for that reason. Islam is based on the Quran, people refer back to it to distinguish well from bad, and to see if that is something that God would approve of. They believe that God is the source of human rights, and they grant the rights of others in order to fulfill their duties to God. On the other hand, other religions don’t rely that much in God. They can differ well from wrong because of common sense rather than because God says