Today, the influence of the Islamic factor on international relations is growing. The Islamic factor, being a strong and real political factor, has a great influence on all aspects of society, including foreign and domestic politics, as well as on economic and social life. The involvement of Islam in the socio-political life of society has become a topical issue for the entire of Muslim world, as well as for the Central Asian states, as well as Russia and the European Union. Islam has played an important role in Egyptian society and state life since the 12th century. The growing influence of religion on the lives of the Egyptians has become even more evident today. For this reason, in the article the author elaborates on the history of the arrival of Islam in Egypt.

Islamic factor, democratization, Islamic political theory, Islamic “modernism” and “reformism”, “People’s mosques”.

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