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Religious Law
Cambodia
- English…
Buddhism is State’s religion. (Art. 43) - Khmer...
ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនាជាសាសនារបស់រដ្ឋ។ (មាត្រា ៤៣)
Religious Law
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union also recognizes Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Animism as the religions existing in the Union at the day of the coming into operation of this Constitution. (Sec. 362)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ခရစ်ယာန်ဘာသာသာသနာ၊ အစ္စလာမ်ဘာသာသာသနာ၊ ဟိန္ဒူဘာသာသာသနာ နှင့် နတ်ကိုးကွယ်သောဘာသာတို့ကို ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ အာဏာ တည်သောနေ့၌ နိုင်ငံတော်တွင်တည်ရှိနေကြသော ကိုးကွယ်ရာ ဘာသာများဟူ၍ အသိ အမှတ်ပြုသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၂)
Religious Law
Mozambique
- English1. The laws of constitutional revision have to respect:
…
c. the separation between the religious confessions and the State;
… (Art. 300) - Portuguese1. As leis de revisão constitucional têm de respeitar:
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c) a separação entre as confissões religiosas e o Estado;
… (Art. 300)
Religious Law
Central African Republic
- EnglishThe principles of the Republic are:
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– the separation of the State and of Religion;
… (Art. 25) - FrenchLes principes de la République sont:
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- la séparation de l’Etat et de la religion;
… (Art. 25)
Religious Law
Congo
- EnglishThe Congolese People,
Conscious of the necessity to preserve the peace and the stability, the unitary form and the secular and indivisible character of the State, the national unity and social cohesion;
… (Preamble) - FrenchLe Peuple congolais,
Conscient de la nécessité de préserver la paix et la stabilité, la forme unitaire et le caractère laïc et indivisible de l’Etat, l’unité nationale et la cohésion sociale;
… (Préambule)
Religious Law
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic State.
Religion: Islam
Constitution: The Holy Qur'an and the Prophet's Sunnah (traditions) … (Basic Law, Art. 1) - Arabicالمملكة العربية السعودية، دولة إسلامية، ذات سيادة تامة، دينها الإسلام، ودستورها كتاب الله تعالى وسنة رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم. ... (النظام الأساسي، المادة 1)
Religious Law
Tajikistan
- EnglishThe Republic of Tajikistan shall be a sovereign, democratic, law-based, secular, and unitary state. … (Art. 1)
- RussianРеспублика Таджикистан – суверенное, демократическое, правовое, светское и унитарное государство. … (Статья 1)
- TajikҶумҳурии Тоҷикистон давлати соҳибихтиёр, демократӣ, ҳуқуқбунёд, дунявӣ ва ягона мебошад. ... (Моддаи 1)
Religious Law
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- English… The State is independent of religion. (Art. 4)
- Spanish… El Estado es independiente de la religión. (Art. 4)
Religious Law
Ethiopia
- English1. State and religion are separate.
2. There shall be no state religion.
3. The state shall not interfere in religious matters and religion shall not interfere in state affairs. (Art. 11) - Amharic1. መንግሥትና ሃይማኖት የተለያዩ ናቸው፡፡
2. መንግሥታዊ ሃይማኖት አይኖርም፡፡
3. መንግሥት በሃይማኖት ጉዳይ ጣልቃ አይገባም፡፡ ሃይማኖትም በመንግሥት ጉዳይ ጣልቃ አይገባም፡፡ (አንቀጽ 11)
Religious Law
United Arab Emirates
- EnglishWE, the Rulers of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Um AI Quwain and Fujairah, …
Announce to Allah, the Supreme and Almighty, and to all the people our approval of the Constitution undersigned by us.
May Allah, the best Protector and Defender, grant us success. (Preamble) - Arabicنحن حكام امارات أبو ظبي ودبي والشارقة وعجمان وأم القيوين والفجيرة ، …
ومن أجل ذلك كله والى أن يتم اعداد الدستور الدائم للاتحاد نعلن أمام الخالق العلي القدير ، وأمام الناس أجمعين ، موافقتنا على هذا الدستور المذيل بتوقيعاتنا ليطبق أثناء الفترة الانتقالية المشار اليها فيه ،
والله ولي التوفيق ، وهو نعم المولى ونعم النصير .(الديباجة)