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RELIGION
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Approx. 91 % of the Egyptian population are Muslims and belong to the Sunni Islam, about 8 % are Coptic Christians.
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Islam therefore interferes much more with the everyday life of every Muslim one , as it eg Christians do with the Bible , also the religion of Islam is embedded much firmer in the consciousness of every Muslim and occupies an important part. Surely you will hear the muezzin when he calls the faithful to prayer on several occasions during your stay in Egypt, as this happens 5 times a day , times are changing daily at about 1 minute and are based on the sun. The individual prayers and their approximate time are: - Fajr ( aprox. 4 am - Dhur about 12 noon - around 3:30 pm Asr - Maghrib around 7 pm - Isha around 8:30 pm. |
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| The Koran dictates that women have to cover themselves – how exactly is always disputed and differently interpretated. Hair, neck, décolleté , arms to the hands and the body down to the feet. Of course, society plays a big role when almost every woman wears a headscarf , then you would be the exception and draw the attention? So you can see for several years more and more women wear the full face cover , something that was never seen in Egypt 10 years ago. When visiting a mosque, women should consider a scarf and cover their arms and legs. It is a sign of respect , if you are generally a bit and just not dressed as woman with miniskirt and a low cut top or as a man with no shirt with shorts go to the streets. |
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Depending on when you spend your holiday in Hurghada , you encounter another pillar of Isla: the fasting month of Ramadan . Beginning and end of the month based on the moon , so it moves every year by about 10 days forward . During Ramadan (duration 29 to 30 days depending on the moon) , a Muslim from sunrise to sunset will not consume food or drink, nor sexual thoughts or actions , nor smoke or use other drugs. Moreover, one should not even think of evil during this time , not only physical, but in terms of " bad thoughts " abstinence is also spiritual core of fasting. All this is allowed between sunset and sunrise , ie life moves so to speak to the night . The approximate dates of Ramadan in this and the next few years :
17.06.2015 - 17.07.15 06.06.14 - 06.07.16
The town is then beautifully decorated with colorful pennants and lights , on private houses, you will often see lanterns. There is a special and beautiful atmosphere everywhere because Ramadan is considered a holy month to Muslims for rejoice - really ! |
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And finally, it should be mentioned that the stereotype is a Muslim with married to four women, is really just a cliché . There are hardly any Muslims who have more than one wife . The reason is as banal as logical: it is simply not financially feasible to provide more than one wife happy .
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Ramadan Impressions
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SHISHA – THE WATER PIPE |
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| The tobacco can be flavored with fruit flavors such as apple, etc., but Egyptian men smoke mostly the stronger "M` assal ", literally meaning "honey" and refers to the contained molasses. Shisha is also among the most popular souvenirs from Egypt. Note, however, that the importation of shisha tobacco is not allowed with a moisture content of about 5%. Egyptian tobacco has at least 20% humidity. |
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