Islam in Egypt

Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognized by Egypt. Islam has been recognized as the state religion since 1980.Since there has been no religious census the actual percentage of Muslims is not known: the Christians are estimated to be number between 3% to 20% according to sources cited in articles Religion in Egypt and Christianity in Egypt.

Islam in Egypt

Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognized by Egypt. Islam has been recognized as the state religion since 1980.Since there has been no religious census the actual percentage of Muslims is not known: the Christians are estimated to be number between 3% to 20% according to sources cited in articles Religion in Egypt and Christianity in Egypt.