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Practices and experiences of a popular Egyptian Islam.
– Orginal title:
Vincent Battesti (2011), Pratiques et vécus d’un islam populaire égyptien,
in Battesti Vincent et Ireton François (dirs), L’Égypte au présent, Inventaire d’une société avant révolution, Paris, Éditions Sindbad - Actes-Sud, coll. La Bibliothèque arabe, p. 867-886 [ISBN 978-2-7427-9780-6].
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– See this book L’Égypte au présent, Inventaire d’une société avant révolution.
– Abstract:
Religion, and we speak here of religious practices, are not solely individuals engaged in the private sphere, but a social tracery, making the Muslim landscape in Egypt particularly complex. If we distinguish an “official” Islam from an islamist militant Islam, the popular practices of Islam seems suddenly to detach themselves from the classic fields of politics, and to invest everyday life as well as exceptional moments. Today, the Egyptian society as a whole can be said deeply pious (but accommodating), predominantly Sunni (90% of the population), Sufi, and with a devotional practice of pilgrimages and of the cult of saints.
