The pre-requisite of being religiously cultured as specified for the presidential candidate according to Egyptian and Algerian legislation : an evaluative study in the light of Islamic law (Shari'a)‎

الملخص EN

The study aimed at evaluating the pre-requisite of being religiously cultured stipulated for the presidential candidate according to Egyptian and Algerian Legislation in the light of Islamic Law (Shari'a).

The study used the descriptive methodology to reach the targets in question.

To gather the required data, a review of literature was administered.

The study came to the conclusions that: first the Islamic Law stipulates that the presidential candidate must be knowledgeable about the Islamic Science; second, neither the Egyptian nor the Algerian Constitution necessitate the presidential candidate to be be knowledgeable about the Islamic Science.

The study recommended that the Egyptian and the Algerian Constitutions ought to necessitate the presidential candidate to be knowledgeable about the Islamic Science