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title: "Most Egyptians Want Their Laws to Strictly Follow the Quran"
description: "Six-in-ten Egyptians said in a survey last spring that the country’s laws should strictly follow the Quran."
date: "2012-12-13"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2012/12/13/most-egyptians-want-their-laws-to-strictly-follow-the-quran/"
---

# Most Egyptians Want Their Laws to Strictly Follow the Quran

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Six-in-ten Egyptians want their laws to strictly follow the Quran, according to a Pew Global Attitudes Project survey conducted last spring. About a third (32%) want them to conform to the principles of Islam but not strictly follow the Quran, and just 6% say the Quran should not have an influence.

Older Egyptians are especially likely to believe laws should strictly follow the Quran: more than two-thirds of those 50 or older (68%) agree with this position, compared with about half (54%) of 18-29 year-olds.

A similar split arises by education. For example, 68% of those with a primary education or less want to strictly follow the Quran, while just 55% of the college-educated want the same.

Egyptians with a secondary or college education are now 12 points less likely than in 2011 to believe the country’s laws should strictly follow the Quran. On the other hand, among those with a primary education or less, the percentage who hold this view has increased by 10 points. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2012/05/08/chapter-4-role-of-islam-in-politics/)