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Religious Law
Hungary
- English…
(3) The State and religious communities shall operate separately. Religious communities shall be autonomous.
(4) The State and religious communities may cooperate to achieve community goals. At the request of a religious community, the National Assembly shall decide on such cooperation. The religious communities participating in such cooperation shall operate as established churches. The State shall provide specific privileges to established churches with regard to their participation in the fulfilment of tasks that serve to achieve community goals.
(5) The common rules relating to religious communities, as well as the conditions of cooperation, the established churches and the detailed rules relating to established churches, shall be laid down in a cardinal Act. (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. VII) - Hungarian...
(3) Az állam és a vallási közösségek különváltan működnek. A vallási közösségek önállóak.
(4) Az állam és a vallási közösségek a közösségi célok elérése érdekében együttműködhetnek. Az együttműködésről a vallási közösség kérelme alapján az Országgyűlés dönt. Az együttműködésben részt vevő vallási közösségek bevett egyházként működnek. A bevett egyházaknak a közösségi célok elérését szolgáló feladatokban való részvételükre tekintettel az állam sajátos jogosultságokat biztosít.
(5) A vallási közösségekre vonatkozó közös szabályokat, valamint az együttműködés feltételeit, a bevett egyházakat és a rájuk vonatkozó részletes szabályokat sarkalatos törvény határozza meg. (Szabadság és Felelősség, VII. cikk)
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
Kuwait
- EnglishThe State shall maintain the Islamic and Arab heritage and shall share in the path of civilization and humanitarianism. (Art. 12)
- Arabicتصون الدولة التراث الإسلامي والعربي، وتسهم في ركب الحضارة الإنسانية. (المادّة 12)
Religious Law
Sudan
- English(1) The death penalty may only be inflicted as retribution (qasas), a hudud punishment, or as a penalty for crimes of extreme gravity, in accordance with the law.
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(3) The death penalty may only be inflicted on pregnant women and nursing mothers two years after [they have finished] breastfeeding. (Art. 53) - Arabic1. لا يجوز توقيع عقوبة الإعدام إلا قصاصاً او حداً او جزاءً علي الجرائم بالغة الخطورة، بموجب القانون.
3. لا يجوز تنفيذ عقوبة الإعدام علي الحوامل او المرضعات إلا بعد عامين من الرضاعة. (الماده 54)
Religious Law
Norway
- EnglishOur values will remain our Christian and humanist heritage.
… (Art. 2) - NorwegianVerdigrunnlaget forblir vår kristne og humanistiske arv.
... (§ 2)
Religious Law
Afghanistan
- EnglishThe sacred religion of Islam is the religion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Followers of other faiths shall be free within the bounds of law in the exercise and performance of their religious rituals. (Art. 2)
- Dariدین دولت جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان، دین مقدس اسلام است. پیروان سایر ادیان در پیروی از دین و اجرای مراسم دینی شان در حدود احكام قانون آزاد می باشند. (مادۀ ۲)
- Pashtoد افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوري دولت دين، د اسلام سپېڅلى دين دى. د نورو اديانو پيروان د خپل دين په پيروۍ او د خپلو ديني مراسمو په اجرأ كې د قانون د حكمونو په حدودو كې آزاد دي. (۲ ماده)
Religious Law
Malaysia
- English…
(3) The Attorney General shall have power, exercisable at his discretion, to institute, conduct or discontinue any proceedings for an offence, other than proceedings before a Syariah court, a native court or a court-martial.
… (Art. 145) - Malay…
(3) Peguam Negara hendaklah mempunyai kuasa yang boleh dijalankan menurut budi bicaranya, untuk memulakan, menjalankan atau memberhentikan apa-apa prosiding bagi sesuatu kesalahan, selain prosiding di hadapan mahkamah Syariah, mahkamah anak negeri atau mahkamah tentera.
… (Perkara 145)
Religious Law
Ukraine
- English… The Church and religious organisations in Ukraine are separated from the State, and the school — from the Church. No religion shall be recognised by the State as mandatory.
… (Art. 35) - Ukrainian… Церква і релігійні організації в Україні відокремлені від держави, а школа - від церкви. Жодна релігія не може бути визнана державою як обов'язкова.
... (Стаття 35)
Religious Law
Bangladesh
- EnglishWe, the people of Bangladesh, …
Pledging that the high ideals of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism, which inspired our heroic people to dedicate themselves to, and our brave martyrs to sacrifice their lives in, the national liberation struggle, shall be the fundamental principles of the Constitution;
… (Preamble) - Bengaliআমরা, বাংলাদেশের জনগণ ...
আমরা অঙ্গীকার করিতেছি যে, যে সকল মহান আদর্শ আমাদের বীর জনগণকে জাতীয় মুক্তি সংগ্রামে আত্মনিয়োগ ও বীর শহীদদিগকে প্রাণোৎসর্গ করিতে উদ্বুদ্ধ করিয়াছিল -জাতীয়তাবাদ, সমাজতন্ত্র, গণতন্ত্র ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষতার সেই সকল আদর্শ এই সংবিধানের মূলনীতি হইবে;
... (প্রস্তাবনা)
Religious Law
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union may assist and protect the religions it recognizes to its utmost. (Sec. 363)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည်အသိအမှတ်ပြုထားသော ဘာသာသာသနာများကို တတ်နိုင်သမျှကူညီ စောင့်ရှောက်မည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၃)