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Religious Law
Kazakhstan
- English1. The Republic of Kazakhstan proclaims itself as a democratic, secular, legal and social state whose highest values are a person, his life, rights, and freedoms.
… (Art. 1) - Kazak1. Қазақстан Республикасы өзiн демократиялық, зайырлы, құқықтық және әлеуметтiк мемлекет ретiнде орнықтырады, оның ең қымбат қазынасы - адам және адамның өмiрi, құқықтары мен бостандықтары.
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Religious Law
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishAll legislation passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly must be sent to the Guardian Council. The Guardian Council must review it within a maximum of ten days from its receipt with a view to ensuring its compatibility with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution. If it finds the legislation incompatible, it will return it to the Assembly for review. Otherwise the legislation will be deemed enforceable. (Art. 94)
- Persianکلیه مصوبات مجلس شورای اسلامی باید به شورای نگهبان فرستاده شود. شورای نگهبان موظف است آن را حداکثر ظرف ده روز از تاریخ وصول از نظر انطباق بر موازین اسلام و قانون اساسی مورد بررسی قرار دهد و چنانچه آن را مغایر ببیند برای تجدید نظر به مجلس بازگرداند. در غیر این صورت مصوبه قابل اجرا است. (اصل 94)
Religious Law
Nepal
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(2) No person shall be exploited in any manner on the grounds of religion, custom, tradition, usage, practice or on any other grounds.
… (Art. 29) - Nepali…
(२) धर्म, प्रथा, परम्परा, संस्कार, प्रचलन वा अन्य कुनै आधारमा कुनै पनि व्यक्तिलाई कुनै किसिमले शोषण गर्न पाइने छैन ।
... (धारा २९)
Religious Law
Yemen
- EnglishIslamic Shari'ah is the source of all legislation. (Art. 3)
- Arabicالشريعة الإسلامية مصدر جميع التشريعات. (المادّة 3)
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
Cyprus
- English1. A communal law made by the Communal Chamber concerned shall, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, provide for the establishment, composition and jurisdiction of courts to deal with civil disputes relating to personal status and to religious matters which are reserved for the competence of the Communal Chambers by the provisions of this Constitution.
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3. Any such court as aforesaid in the exercise of its jurisdiction, shall apply the laws made by the Communal Chamber concerned: Provided that nothing in this paragraph contained shall preclude a court of the Republic from applying in a case, where an issue relating to personal status or to religious matters is raised incidentally, the relevant communal law. (Art. 160) - Greek1. Tηρουμένων των διατάξεων του Συντάγματος, κοινοτικός νόμος, ψηφιζόμενος υπό Kοινοτικής Συνελεύσεως, θέλει προβλέψει περί της ιδρύσεως, της συνθέσεως και της δικαιοδοσίας δικαστηρίων, άτινα θα δικάζωσι τας αστικάς διαφοράς, τας αφορώσας εις τον προσωπικόν θεσμόν και εις θρησκευτικά ζητήματα, τα οποία υπάγονται κατά τας διατάξεις του Συντάγματος εις την αρμοδιότητα των Kοινοτικών Συνελεύσεων.
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3. Eν τη ενασκήσει της δικαιοδοσίας αυτών τα ανωτέρω δικαστήρια εφαρμόζουσι τούς υπέρ της οικείας Kοινοτικής Συνελεύσεως ψηφιζομένους νόμους’ αι διατάξεις όμως της παραγράφου ταύτης δεν αποκλείουσι το δικαίωμα δικαστηρίου της Δημοκρατίας να εφαρμόση τον σχετικόν κοινοτικόν νόμον επί υποθέσεως, καθ’ ην παρεμπιπτόντως εγείρεται ζήτημα προσωπικού θεσμού ή θρησκευτικόν ζήτημα. (Αρθρον 160) - Turkish2. A. boşanma, adli ayrılık veya evlilik haklarının iadesi veya Rum-Ortodoks Kilisesi üyelerinin aile ilişkileri ile ilgili herhangi bir konu, her biri aile Mahkemeleri tarafından tanınabilir olacaktır composed:
3. Bu paragrafta yer alan hiçbir şey, Cumhuriyet Mahkemesinin kişisel statü veya dini konularla ilgili bir sorunun tesadüfen ortaya çıktığı bir davada başvurmasını Engellememesi koşuluyla, ilgili Topluluk Yasası tarafından yapılan yasaları uygulayacaktır. (Madde 160)
Religious Law
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe system of government in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is established on the foundation of justice, "Shoura" and equality in compliance with the Islamic Shari'ah (the revealed law of Islam). (Basic Law, Art. 8)
- Arabicﻴﻘﻭﻡ ﺍﻟﺤﻜﻡ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺭﺒﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﺴﻌﻭﺩﻴﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺃﺴﺎﺱ ﺍﻟﻌﺩل ﻭﺍﻟﺸﻭﺭﻯ ﻭﺍﻟﻤﺴﺎﻭﺍﺓ ﻭﻓﻕ ﺍﻟﺸـﺭﻴﻌﺔ ﺍﻹﺴﻼﻤﻴﺔ. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 8)
Religious Law
Azerbaijan
- EnglishThe Azerbaijan people, continuing the traditions of many centuries of their Statehood, guided by the principles which are reflected in the Constitutional Act on the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, wishing to provide welfare for all and everyone, and to establish justice, freedom, security, and being aware of their responsibility before past, present, and future generations, exercise their sovereign right by solemnly declaring the following goals:
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- to establish a law-governed, secular state which assures the supremacy of the law as an expression of the will of the people;
… (Preamble) - AzerbaijaniAzərbaycan xalqı özünün çoxəsrlik dövlətçilik ənənələrini davam etdirərək, “Azərbaycan Respublikasının dövlət müstəqilliyi haqqında” Konstitusiya aktında əks olunan prinsipləri əsas götürərək, bütün cəmiyyətin və hər kəsin firavanlığının təmin edilməsini arzulayaraq, ədalətin, azadlığın və təhlükəsizliyin bərqərar edilməsini istəyərək, keçmiş, indiki və gələcək nəsillər qarşısında öz məsuliyyətini anlayaraq, suveren hüququndan istifadə edərək, təntənəli surətdə aşağıdakı niyyətlərini bəyan edir:
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- xalqın iradəsinin ifadəsi kimi, qanunların aliliyini təmin edən hüquqi, dünyəvi dövlət qurmaq;
... (Preamble)
Religious Law
Syrian Arab Republic
- EnglishThe religion of the President of the Republic is Islam;
Islamic jurisprudence shall be a major source of legislation;
The State shall respect all religions, and ensure the freedom to perform all the rituals that do not prejudice public order;
The personal status of religious communities shall be protected and respected. (Art. 3) - Arabic1. دين رئيس الجمهورية الإسلام.
2. الفقه الإسلامي مصدر رئيسي للتشريع.
3. تحترم الدولة جميع الأديان، وتكفل حرية القيام بجميع شعائرها على أن لا يخلّ ذلك بالنظام العام.
4. الأحوال الشخصية للطوائف الدينية مصونة ومرعية. (المادّة 3)
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)