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Religious Law
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union recognizes special position of Buddhism as the faith professed by the great majority of the citizens of the Union. (Sec. 361)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာသာသနာတော်ကို နိုင်ငံတော်၏ နိုင်ငံသားအများဆုံးကိုးကွယ်ရာ ဖြစ်သော ဂုဏ်ထူးဝိသေသနှင့်ပြည့်စုံသည့် ဘာသာသာသနာဖြစ်သည်ဟု နိုင်ငံတော်က အသိအမှတ်ပြုသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၁)
Religious Law
Oman
- English
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– Inheritance is a guaranteed right, governed by Islamic Sharia.
… (Art. 14) - Arabic
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– الميراث حق مكفول، تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية.
… (المادّة ١٤)
Religious Law
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishEvery emir shall assume the administration of the region according to the general policy of the State in compliance with provisions of this Law and other laws and regulations. In particular, he is expected to do the following:
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• Guarantee human rights and freedom, refrain from any action which affects such rights and freedom except within the limits provided by the Sharia and the Law,
… (Law of the Provinces, Art. 7) - Arabicيتولّى أمير كل منطقة إدارتها، وفقا للسياسة العامة للدّولة، و غيره من الأنظمة و اللوائح، و عليه بصفة خاصّة،
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• كفالة حقوق الأفراد و حرياتهم و عدم اتخاذ أي إجراء يمسّ تلك الحقوق و الحريات، إلاّ في الحدود المقررة شرعا و نظاما،
... (قانون المناطق، المادّة 7)
Religious Law
Timor-Leste
- English1. Every person is guaranteed the freedom of conscience, religion and worship and the religious denominations are separated from the State.
… (Sec. 45) - Tetum1. Ema hotu tenki iha liberdade ba konxiénsia, relijiaun no ba kultu, nune’e konfisaun relijiozu sira haketak ho Estadu.
… (Art. 45) - Portuguese1. A toda a pessoa é assegurada a liberdade de consciência, de religião e de culto, encontrando-se as confissões religiosas separadas do Estado.
… (Art. 45)
Religious Law
Afghanistan
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We the people of Afghanistan:
Believing firmly in Almighty God, relying on His divine will and adhering to the Holy religion of Islam;
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Appreciating the sacrifices, historical struggles, jihad and just resistance of all the peoples of Afghanistan, admiring the supreme position of the martyr’s of the country’s freedom;
… (Preamble) - Dari...
ما مردم افغانستان:
با ایمان راسخ به ذات پاك خداوند (ج) و توكل به مشیت حق تعالی و اعتقاد به دین مقدس اسلام؛
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با تقدیر از فداكاری ها، مبارزات تاریخی، جهاد و مقاومت بر حق تمام مردم افغانستان و ارج گذاری به مقام والای شهدای راه آزادی كشور؛
... (مقدمه) - Pashto...
موږ د افغانستان خلكو:
د لوی خدای (ج) پر سپيڅلي ذات په ټينګ ايمان، د حق تعالي په مشيت پر توكل او د اسلام په سپيڅلي دين پر اعتقاد؛
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د افغانستان د ټولو خلكو د سر ښندنو، تاريخي مبارزو، جهاد او بر حق مقاومت د ستايلو او د وطن د آزادۍ د لارې د شهيدانو لوړ مقام ته په ارزښت وركولو؛
... (سریزه)
Religious Law
Bahrain
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b. The State guarantees reconciling the duties of women towards the family with their work in society, and their equality with men in political, social, cultural, and economic spheres without breaching the provisions of Islamic canon law (Shari’a).
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d. Inheritance is a guaranteed right governed by the Islamic Shari’a. (Art. 5) - Arabic…
ب - تكفل الدولة التوفيق بين واجبات المرأة نحو الأسرة وعملها في المجتمع، ومساواتها بالرجال في ميادين الحياة السياسية والاجتماعية والثـقافية والاقـتصادية دون إخلال بأحكام الشريعة الإسلامية.
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د - الميراث حق مكفول تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية. (المادّة 5)
Religious Law
Korea, Republic of
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2. No state religion shall be recognized, and religion and State shall be separated. (Art. 20) - Korean…
②국교는 인정되지 아니하며, 종교와 정치는 분리된다. (제20조)
Religious Law
Malaysia
- English(1) Parliament may make laws with respect to any matter enumerated in the State List, but only as follows, that is to say:
(a) for the purpose of implementing any treaty, agreement or convention between the Federation and any other country, or any decision of an international organization of which the Federation is a member;
(b) for the purpose of promoting uniformity of the laws of two or more States; or
(c) if so requested by the Legislative Assembly of any State.
(2) No law shall be made in pursuance of paragraph (a) of Clause (1) with respect to any matters of Islamic law or the custom of the Malays or to any matters of native law or custom in the States of Sabah and Sarawak and no Bill for a law under that paragraph shall be introduced into either House of Parliament until the Government of any State concerned has been consulted.
… (Art. 76) - Malay(1) Parlimen boleh membuat undang-undang mengenai apa-apa perkara yang disebut satu persatu dalam Senarai Negeri, tetapi hanya seperti yang berikut sahaja, iaitu:
(a) bagi maksud melaksanakan apa-apa triti, perjanjian atau konvensyen antara Persekutuan dengan mana-mana negara lain, atau apa-apa keputusan sesuatu organisasi antarabangsa yang dianggotai oleh Persekutuan; atau
(b) bagi maksud menggalakkan keseragaman undang-undang antara dua Negeri atau lebih; atau
(c) jika diminta sedemikian oleh Dewan Undangan mana-mana Negeri.
(2) Tiada undang-undang boleh dibuat menurut perenggan (a) Fasal (1) mengenai apa-apa perkara mengenai hukum Syarak atau adat orang Melayu atau mengenai apa-apa perkara tentang undang-undang atau adat anak negeri di Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak dan tiada Rang Undang-Undang bagi suatu undang-undang di bawah perenggan itu boleh dibawa di dalam manamana satu Majlis Parlimen sehingga Kerajaan mana-mana Negeri yang berkenaan telah dirundingi.
… (Perkara 76)
Religious Law
Maldives
- EnglishThe Maldives is a sovereign, independent, democratic Republic based on the principles of Islam, and is a unitary State, to be known as the Republic of the Maldives. Any reference to “the Maldives” is a reference to the Republic of the Maldives. (Art. 2)
- Dhivehiދިވެހިރާއްޖެއަކީ ފުރިހަމަ މިނިވަންކަން ލިބިގެންވާ، އިސްލާމީ އުސޫލުތަކުގެ މައްޗައް ބިނާކުރެވިފައިވާ، އަމިއްލަ ވެރިކަންކުރާ، ދީމިޤްރާތީ، ޖުމްހޫރީ އަދި ޔުނިޓަރީ ދައުލަތެކެވެ. މި ދައުލަތުގެ ނަމަކީ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާއެވެ. މީގެ ފަހުން މިޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގައި "ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ" މި ނަމުން އިޝާރާތްކުރެވެނީ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭހެ ޖުމުހޫރިއްޔާއަށެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 2 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Religious Law
Pakistan
- English(1) Steps shall be taken to enable the Muslims of Pakistan, individually and collectively, to order their lives in accordance with the fundamental principles and basic concepts of Islam and to provide facilities whereby they may be enabled to understand the meaning of life according to the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
(2) The State shall endeavour, as respects the Muslims of Pakistan,--
(a) to make the teaching of the Holy Quran and Islamiat compulsory, to encourage and facilitate the learning of Arabic language and to secure correct and exact printing and publishing of the Holy Quran;
(b) to promote unity and the observance of the Islamic moral standards; and
(c) to secure the proper organisation of Zakat, ushr, auqaf and mosques. (Art. 31) - Urdu(ا) پاکستان کے مسلمانوں کو، انفرادی اور اجتماعی طور پر، اپنی زندگی اسلام کے بنیادی اصولوں اور اساسی تصورات کے مطابق مرتب کرنے کے قابل بنانے کے لیے اور انہیں ایسی سہولتیں مہیا کرنے کے لیے اقدامات کیے جائیں گے جن کی مدد سے وہ قرآن پاک اور سنت کے مطابق زندگی کا مفہوم سمجھ سکیں۔
(٢) پاکستان کے مسلمانوں کے بارے میں مملکت مندرجہ ذیل کے لیے کوشش کرے گی--
(الف) قرآن پاک اور اسلامیات کی تعلیم کو لازمی قرار دینا ، عربی زبان سیکھنے کی حوصلہ افزائی کرنا اور اس کےلئے سہولت بہم پہنچانا اور قرآن پاک کی صحیح اور من و عن طباعت اور اشاعت کا اہتمام کرنا؛
(ب) اتحاد اور اسلامی اخلاقی معیاروں کی پابندی کو فروغ دینا؛ اور
(ج) ز کوۃ ،عشر ، اوقاف اور مساجد کی باقاعدہ تنظیم کا اہتمام کرنا۔ (آرٹیکل ۳۱)