Amro Selim is the director of the Elmoustkbal Organization for media, policy and strategic studies. He is also a member of the Global Alliance for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Despite media reports of division, a walk in Cairo reveals how Egypt's history of interfaith coexistence is still alive.
The sayings “religion is for God and the nation is for all,” and “God created us to worship Him and cultivate the land” are ones we hear often in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. These statements are meant to indicate that the nation belongs to all without exception, whether Muslim, Christian, or Jewish, and that religion is the worship of God. However, it remains a question whether this expression applies to reality.