It seriously depends on the religion whether the "believer" concept really makes sense. Believer in Christianity is meant to express a trust in God, faith in a

It seriously depends on the religion whether the "believer" concept really makes sense. Believer in Christianity is meant to express a trust in God, faith in a very personal sense. Despite this being the intention, I would argue that it's not true for a great many Christians who instead want to feel like they belong in the social setting built up for & by and surrounding the Church. The concepts of belief in most other religions are very different. Nobody in Egypt will tell you that they have trust in Allah to heal them and keep them healthy, just that they live in muslim country, the way "you live in the USA", and that the laws are what matters. Ignoring the religion is borderline acceptable (IF you're male), going against it is like what I imagine being a dissident in China is like. While they're probably not going to kill you at the first sign, society and the state will attack you in small ways, and then build up. It is not out of the question that they'll eventually kill you for it. Nobody, and I mean nobody on this planet believes Allah will protect them from illnesses if they eat halal food. But there is a clear threat, at the forefront of everyone's mind, that is keeping muslims in Egypt islamic. They don't see this as a problem, after all, any other state is no different, right ?