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Religious Law
- EnglishThe Islamic Consultative Assembly cannot enact laws contrary to the official religion of the country or to the Constitution. It is the duty of the Guardian Council to determine whether a violation has occurred, in accordance with Article 96. (Art. 72)
- Persianمجلس شورای اسلامی نمیتواند قوانینی وضع کند که با اصول و احکام مذهب رسمی کشور یا قانون اساسی مغایرت داشته باشد. تشخیص این امر به ترتیبی که در اصل نود و ششم آمده برعهده شورای نگهبان است. (اصل 72)
Religious Law
- EnglishProvisions on the organisation and administration of the Evangelic Lutheran Church are laid down in the Church Act.
The legislative procedure for enactment of the Church Act and the right to submit legislative proposals relating to the Church Act are governed by the specific provisions in that Code. (Sec. 76) - FinnishKirkkolaissa säädetään evankelis-luterilaisen kirkon järjestysmuodosta ja hallinnosta.
Kirkkolain säätämisjärjestyksestä ja kirkkolakia koskevasta aloiteoikeudesta on voimassa, mitä niistä mainitussa laissa erikseen säädetään. (76 §) - SwedishI kyrkolagen finns bestämmelser om den evangelisk-lutherska kyrkans organisation och förvaltning.
Angående lagstiftningsordningen för kyrkolagen och rätten att ta initiativ som angår den gäller det som särskilt bestäms i kyrkolagen. (76 §)
Religious Law
- EnglishEcuador is a constitutional State of rights and justice, a social, democratic, sovereign, independent, unitary, intercultural, multinational and secular State.
… (Art. 1) - SpanishEl Ecuador es un Estado constitucional de derechos y justicia, social, democrático, soberano, independiente, unitario, intercultural, plurinacional y laico.
… (Art. 1)
Religious Law
- English(1) The Sharia Court of Appeal shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the Sharia Court of Appeal shall be competent to decide –
(a) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a marriage concluded in accordance with that law, including a question relating to the validity or dissolution of such a marriage or a question that depends on such a marriage and relating to family relationship or the guardianship of an infant;
(b) where all the parties to the proceeding are Muslims, any question of Islamic personal law regarding a marriage, including the validity or dissolution of that marriage, or regarding family relationship, a foundling or the guardianship of an infant;
(c) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a wakf, gift, will or succession where the endower, donor, testator or deceased person is a Muslim;
(d) any question of Islamic personal law regarding an infant, prodigal or person of unsound mind who is a Muslim or the maintenance or the guardianship of a Muslim who is physically or mentally infirm; or
(e) where all the parties to the proceedings, being Muslims, have requested the court that hears the case in the first instance to determine that case in accordance with Islamic personal law, any other question. (Sec. 262)
Religious Law
- EnglishSharia Courts shall in their jurisdiction apply the provisions of the Sharia. (Art. 106)
- Arabicتطبق المحاكم الشرعية في قضائها أحكام الشرع الشريف. (المادّة 106)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe State shall recognise the churches and religious organisations that are traditional in Lithuania; other churches and religious organisations shall be recognised provided that they have support in society, and their teaching and practices are not in conflict with the law and public morals.
Churches and religious organisations recognised by the State shall have the rights of a legal person.
Churches and religious organisations shall be free to proclaim their teaching, perform their ceremonies, and have houses of prayer, charity establishments, and schools for the training of priests.
Churches and religious organisations shall conduct their affairs freely according to their canons and statutes.
The status of churches and other religious organisations in the State shall be established by agreement or by law.
The teaching proclaimed by churches and religious organisations, other religious activities, and houses of prayer may not be used for purposes that are in conflict with the Constitution and laws.
There shall be no state religion in Lithuania. (Art. 43) - LithuanianValstybė pripažįsta tradicines Lietuvoje bažnyčias bei religines organizacijas, o kitas bažnyčias ir religines organizacijas - jeigu jos turi atramą visuomenėje ir jų mokymas bei apeigos neprieštarauja įstatymui ir dorai.
Valstybės pripažintos bažnyčios bei kitos religinės organizacijos turi juridinio asmens teises.
Bažnyčios bei religinės organizacijos laisvai skelbia savo mokslą, atlieka savo apeigas, turi maldos namus, labdaros įstaigas ir mokyklas dvasininkams rengti.
Bažnyčios bei religinės organizacijos laisvai tvarkosi pagal savus kanonus ir statutus.
Bažnyčių bei kitų religinių organizacijų būklė valstybėje nustatoma susitarimu arba įstatymu.
Bažnyčių bei religinių organizacijų mokslo skelbimas, kita tikybinė veikla, taip pat maldos namai negali būti naudojami tam, kas prieštarauja Konstitucijai ir įstatymams.
Lietuvoje nėra valstybinės religijos. (43 straipsnis)
Religious Law
- English
We, the People of Côte d'Ivoire;
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Reminding all, and in all circumstances, our irreversible commitment to defend and to preserve the republican form of the Government as well as the secularity of the State;
… (Preamble) - French
Nous, Peuple de Côte d’Ivoire ;
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Rappelant à tous, et en toutes circonstances, notre engagement irréversible à défendre et à préserver la forme républicaine du Gouvernement ainsi que la laïcité de l’Etat ;
… (Préambule)
Religious Law
- English
Liberty, justice, the respect for the dignity of the human person, political and social pluralism, the recognition to the indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples of their own identity within a unitary and indivisible State, the recognition of the different forms of ownership, free international cooperation, the respect for the free self-determination of Peoples, the Christian values, the socialist ideals, the practices [of] solidarity and the values and ideals of the Nicaraguan culture and identity are principles of the Nicaraguan nation.
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Christian values assure the love for [one's] fellow humans [prójimo], the reconciliation between brothers of the Nicaraguan family, the respect for the individual diversity without any discrimination, the respect for and equality of rights of the persons with disabilities and the preferential option for the poor.
... (Art. 5) - Spanish
Son principios de la nación nicaragüense, la libertad, la justicia, el respeto a la dignidad de la persona humana, el pluralismo político y social, el reconocimiento a los pueblos originarios y afrodescendientes de su propia identidad dentro de un Estado unitario e indivisible, el reconocimiento a las distintas formas de propiedad, la libre cooperación internacional, el respeto a la libre autodeterminación de los pueblos, los valores cristianos, los ideales socialistas, las prácticas solidarias, y los valores e ideales de la cultura e identidad nicaragüense.
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Los valores cristianos aseguran el amor al prójimo, la reconciliación entre hermanos de la familia nicaragüense, el respeto a la diversidad individual sin discriminación alguna, el respeto e igualdad de derecho de las personas con discapacidad y la opción preferencial por los pobres.
… (Art. 5)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Republic of Serbia is a secular state.
Churches and religious communities shall be separated from the state.
No religion may be established as state or mandatory religion. (Art. 11) - Serbian CyrillicРепублика Србија је световна држава.
Цркве и верске заједнице су одвојене од државе.
Ниједна религија не може се успоставити као државна или обавезна. (Члан 11)
Religious Law
- English...
(2) Religious observances may be conducted at state or state-aided institutions, provided that-
(a) those observances follow rules made by the appropriate public authorities;
(b) they are conducted on an equitable basis; and
(c) attendance at them is free and voluntary.
(3) (a) This section does not prevent legislation recognising-
(i) marriages concluded under any tradition, or a system of religious, personal or family law; or
(ii) systems of personal and family law under any tradition, or adhered to by persons professing a particular religion.
(b) Recognition in terms of paragraph (a) must be consistent with this section and the other provisions of the Constitution. (Sec. 15)