It is a very important country for Muslims, it is mentioned in the Koran and is a major center of Islamic scholarship and Muslim intellectuals.

Islam is a subject taught at a university level and due to the nature of our religion it is also a form of legal study, as the laws of Muslim nations are based on Islam.

To study Islam is to study law, Imams are educated as well as the judges and jurists in Islamic courts. Scholars make a living teaching as well as publishing papers and books on Islamic law, and Egypt is a major center of this.