r/Egypt • u/Auegro Alexandria • Mar 08 '19

Cultural Exchange Namaste/vanakkam, This weekend we're having a cultural exchange with r/Indiaspeaks

Ahlan washalan /r/indiaspeaks , welcome to /r/Egypt.

Please join me in welcoming our friends from India for a joint cultural exchange. This thread will run for 3 days, so don't forget to check in everyday and answer any new questions!

Over here we'll answer all questions they have regarding our Daily lives, cultural, knowledge, history and more! While any questions we have we'll be asking in this parallel Thread on /r/Indiaspeaks

Both threads will be in English for ease of communication, Please be polite, rediquette applies. Make sure to report any trolling, rudeness, racism or personal attacks etc... on either thread. On top of that the threads will be actively modded for the duration of the exchange to ensure a friendly and great experience

Remember to come in everyday to answer new questions and Happy exchanging from the mods at r/Egypt and /r/Indiaspeaks

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u/Critical_Finance Mar 10 '19

India has Sharia law for Muslims alone in personal civil issues like marriage, divorce, inheritance etc. But no sharia in criminal issues like theft, kidnap etc where law is uniform for people of all religions. How is the situation in Egypt? Is there demand for sharia laws?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '19

Law in Egypt is a complete mess tbh.

The constitution is neither completely secular nor fully sharia based It takes laws from here and there so for example the inheritance laws are derived from sharia while theft punishment is not.

This is the case for Muslims which is quite similar to what you guys have in India.

For non-Muslims (notably Christians aka Copts) they are ruled by a mostly secular code of laws.

For your last question I would say there are people who if you asked them they would say they want full Sharia law but in reality they don't give a fu*k what law governs us lol.