Society can be deeply imbued with religious observance; but people are starting to recognize that democracy works only as a pluralistic concept, requiring equal respect for different faiths and allowing a voice, but not a veto, for religion. For a country like Egypt, with its immense and varied civilization, which includes around eight million Christians and a young population that needs to be connected to the world, there is no future as an Islamic state that aspires to be part of a regional caliphate.
宗教活动可以深深渗透到社会的方方面面，但人们已经开始意识到民主是一个多元化概念，需要平等尊重不同的信仰，并允许就宗教问题发表意见，而不是一票否决。对于像埃及这样拥有庞大及多元化文明的国家，约有800万基督徒和年轻人需要与外界接触，渴望成为中东哈里发帝国的一份子对这个伊斯兰国家来讲没有前途。