Islamic and Religious Education: Egyptian Primary and Secondary Schools

An overview of religious education in Egypt, which is predominantly Islamic religious education. But Christian religious education is also provided for the Christian minority. A quite extensive overview of the goals and content of Islamic religious education has been appended to this paper, showing that it is modern, i.e. it helps young people to recognize the Islamic perspective on current ideas and issues and shows that Islam plays an active part in implementing human values, ethics, and culture