what is the main religion of Egypt?

Answer 1

Islam

Answer 2

Islam is the main faith in Egypt. there's a growing to be minority of Christians - i assume there's no confident answer how many, yet i've got heard information saying as severe as 20% or 25% (which seems slightly severe from what I observed on an identical time as residing there).

Answer 3

In modern Egypt, Islam is the predominent religion. But, throughout most of history, Egypt was polytheistic. They had many different gods throughout time. Even the Pharoah in ancient times was considered a god in human form. He was able to command the Nile to flood the lands every year, providing a bountiful harvest later that year. But, when science determined that he just knew the Nile was going to flood every year, whether he commanded it or not, his divinity was lost.

Answer 4

Really there is no main religion for Egyptians. Like most ancient or African traditional belief systems, the pursuit of spirituality and exercise of deities was a way of life quite inseparable from daily lives of the people. Life was one stream of rituals if you will, connected with the natural world and the spirit world, including gods. What the westerners call religion was lived by all in the peoples "hearts" or souls, whatever way you want to say it. That's why unlike the dogmatic religions, African traditional belief systems did not have churches or mosques or sacred books. Do not mistake the shrines for churches or mosques for these sacred places were only visited by communities spiritual "custodians" to commune with higher deities, but not for congregations. Spiritual guidance was sort in a vertical and horizontal hierarchical way. Horizontally through personal totems, figurines etc and other innate objects that were believed to be inhabited by spirits (later called idols by Christians), and vertically through elders, priests/priestesses, living dead, deities for say fertility, planting etc and finally to Rah, the most high Deity symbolized by the Sun. Many regions were later to adapt this single high deity for Monotheism. I hope you get the idea with this short answer.

Nasser Malit

Answer 5

Islam

Answer 6

Islam

Answer 7

Islam

Answer 8

Gnosticism

Answer 9

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Answer 10

islam