Egyptians


Egyptians are an ethnic group and the citizens of Egypt sharing a common culture and a variety of Egyptian Arabic.

The form of Islam that eventually took hold in Egypt was Sunni, though very early in this period Egyptians began to blend their new faith with indigenous beliefs and practices that had survived through Coptic Christianity. Just as Egyptians had been pioneers in early monasticism so they were in the development of the mystical form of Islam, Sufism. Various Sufi orders were founded in the 8th century and flourished until the present day. One of the earliest Egyptian Sufis was DhulNun alMisri . He was born in Akhmim in AD 796 and achieved political and social leadership over the Egyptian people.

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