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Religious Law
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishThe judiciary is of vital importance in the context of safeguarding the rights of the people in accordance with the line followed by the Islamic movement, in order to prevent deviations within the Islamic nation. Provision has therefore been made for the creation of a judicial system based on Islamic justice and operated by just judges with meticulous knowledge of the Islamic laws. This system, because of its essentially sensitive nature and the need for full ideological conformity, must be free from every kind of unhealthy relation and connection (this is in accordance with the Qur'anic verse "When you judge among the people, judge with justice" [4:58]). (The Judiciary in the Constitution, Preamble)
- Persianمساله قضاء در رابطه با پاسداری از حقوق مردم در خط حرکت اسلامی، به منظور پیشگیری از انحرافات موضعی در درون امت اسلامی امری است حیاتی، از این رو ایجاد سیستم قضائی بر پایه عدل اسلامی و متشکل از قضات عادل و آشنا به ضوابط دقیق دینی پیشبینی شده است، این نظام به دلیل حساسیت بنیادی و دقت در مکتبی بودن آن لازم است به دور از هر نوع رابطه و مناسبات ناسالم باشد. (و اذا حکمتم بینالناس ان تحکموا بالعدل.) (قضاء در قانون اساسی، مقدمه)
Religious Law
Cyprus
- English…
2. The institution of Vakf and the Principles and Laws of, and relating to, Vakfs are recognised by this Constitution.
All matters relating to or in any way affecting the institution or foundation of Vakf or the vakfs or any vakf properties, including properties belonging to Mosques and any other Moslem religious institution, shall be governed solely by and under the Laws and Principles of Vakfs and the laws and regulations enacted or made by the Turkish Communal Chamber, and no legislative, executive or other act whatsoever shall contravene or override or interfere with such Laws or Principles of Vakfs and with such laws and regulations of the Turkish Communal Chamber.
3. Any right with regard to religious matters possessed in accordance with the law of the Colony of Cyprus in force immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution by the Church of a religious group to which the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 2 shall apply shall continue to be so possessed by such Church on and after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution. (Art. 110) - Greek…
Το ίδρυμα του βακουφίου και αι αρχαί και οι νόμοι περί των βακουφίων ως και οι αναφερόμενοι εις βακούφια αναγνωρίζονται υπό του Συντάγματος. Παν θέμα καθ’ οιονδήποτε τρόπον επηρεάζον ή σχέσιν έχον προς το ίδρυμα του βακουφίου ή των βακουφίων ή οιανδήποτε ιδιοκτησίαν των βακουφίων περιλαμβανομένης της ιδιοκτησίας των τεμενών και οιουδήποτε ετέρου μουσουλμανικού θρησκευτικού ιδρύματος διοικείται μόνον συμφώνως τοις νόμοις και αρχαίς των βακουφίων και τοις νόμοις και κανονισμοίς, ούς ψηφίζει η τουρκική Κοινοτική Συνέλευσις. Ουδεμία νομοθετική, εκτελεστική ή άλλη πράξις επιτρέπεται όπως παραβεί τους εν λόγω νόμους ή αρχάς των βακουφίων και τους σχετικούς νόμους και κανονισμούς της τουρκικής Κοινοτικής Συνελεύσεως ή δύναται να επικρατήσει τούτων ή να επέμβει εις τούτους.
Εκάστη εκκλησία θρησκευτικής ομάδος, δι’ ήν ισχύουσιν αι διατάξεις της τρίτης παραγράφου του άρθρου 2, θα συνεχίσει έχουσα από της ημερομηνίας της ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος παν δικαίωμα σχετικόν προς θρησκευτικά θέματα όπερ έχει συμφώνως τω ισχύοντι αμέσως προ της ειρημένης ημερομηνίας νόμω της αποικίας της Κύπρου. (Αρθρον 110) - Turkish…
2. Vakıf müessesesi ve Ahkâmül Evkaf bu Anayasaca tanınır.
Vakıf müessese veya tesisini ya da vakıfları veya camilere ve herhangi diğer bir İslam dini müessesesine ait mallar da dâhil olmak üzere, herhangi vakıf malını ilgilendiren veya herhangi bir suretle bunlara etki eden bütün konular, münhasıran Ahkâmül Evkaf ve Türk Cemaat Meclisince çıkarılan veya yapılan kanun ve tüzüklere tabidir ve bunlara göre ve bunlar gereğince idare olunur ve hiçbir yasama işlemi, yürütme işlemi veya herhangi diğer bir işlem, söz konusu Ahkâmül Evkafı ve Türk Cemaat Meclisinin bahis konusu kanunlarını ve tüzüklerini ihlal edemez veya onlara üstün gelemez ya da müdahale edemez.
3. Kendisine 2. Maddenin 3. fıkrası hükümleri uygulanan bir dini grubun Kilisesi, bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce yürürlükte olan Kıbrıs Kolonisi kanunlarına uygun olarak sahip olduğu dini konular ile ilgili herhangi bir hakkına, bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte ve ondan sonra da sahip olmaya devam eder. (Madde 110)
Religious Law
Jordan
- EnglishIslam is the religion of the State and Arabic is its official language. (Art. 2)
- Arabicالإسلام دين الدولة واللغة العربية لغتها الرسمية. (المادّة 2)
Religious Law
Malaysia
- English(1) Islam is the religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony in any part of the Federation.
(2) In every State other than States not having a Ruler the position of the Ruler as the Head of the religion of Islam in his State in the manner and to the extent acknowledged and declared by the Constitution of that State, and, subject to that Constitution, all rights, privileges, prerogatives and powers enjoyed by him as Head of that religion, are unaffected and unimpaired; but in any acts, observances or ceremonies with respect to which the Conference of Rulers has agreed that they should extend to the Federation as a whole each of the other Rulers shall in his capacity of Head of the religion of Islam authorize the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to represent him.
(3) The Constitution of the States of Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak shall each make provision for conferring on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong the position of Head of the religion of Islam in that State.
(4) Nothing in this Article derogates from any other provision of this Constitution.
(5) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall be the head of the religion of Islam in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya; and for this purpose Parliament may be law make provisions for regulating Islamic religious affairs and for constituting a Council to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in matters relating to the religion of Islam. (Art. 3) - Malay(1) Islam ialah agama bagi Persekutuan; tetapi agama-agama lain boleh diamalkan dengan aman dan damai di mana-mana Bahagian Persekutuan.
(2) Di dalam tiap-tiap Negeri selain Negeri-Negeri yang tidak mempunyai Raja, kedudukan Raja sebagai Ketua agama Islam di Negerinya mengikut cara dan setakat yang diakui dan ditetapkan oleh Perlembagaan Negeri itu, dan, tertakluk kepada Perlembagaan itu, segala hak, keistimewaan, prerogatif dan kuasa yang dinikmati olehnya sebagai Ketua agama Islam, tidaklah tersentuh dan tercacat; tetapi dalam apa-apa perbuatan, amalan atau upacara yang berkenaan dengannya Majlis Raja-Raja telah bersetuju bahawa perbuatan, amalan atau upacara itu patut diperluas ke seluruh Persekutuan, setiap Raja lain hendaklah atas sifatnya sebagai Ketua agama Islam membenarkan Yang di-Pertuan Agong mewakilinya.
(3) Perlembagaan-Perlembagaan Negeri Melaka, Pulau Pinang, Sabah dan Sarawak hendaklah masing-masing membuat peruntukan bagi memberi Yang di-Pertuan Agong kedudukan sebagai Ketua agama Islam di Negeri itu.
(4) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam ini mengurangkan mana-mana peruntukan lain dalam Perlembagaan ini.
(5) Walau apa pun apa-apa jua dalam Perlembagaan ini, Yang di-Pertuan Agong hendaklah menjadi Ketua Agama Islam di Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan dan Putrajaya; dan bagi maksud ini Parlimen boleh melalui undang-undang membuat peruntukan-peruntukan bagi mengawal selia hal ehwal agama Islam dan bagi menubuhkan suatu Majlis untuk menasihati Yang di-Pertuan Agong mengenai perkara-perkara yang berhubungan dengan agama Islam. (Perkara 3)
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
Pakistan
- EnglishThe provisions of this Chapter16 shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution. (Art. 203A)
- Urduدستور میں شامل کسی امر کے باوجود اس باب کے احکام مؤثر ہوں گے۔ (آرٹیکل ۲۰۳ الف)
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
Thailand
- EnglishThe King shall be enthroned in a position of revered worship and shall not be violated.
No person shall expose the King to any sort of accusation or action. (Sec. 6) - Thaiองค์พระมหากษัตริย์ทรงดํารงอยู่ในฐานะอันเป็นที่เคารพสักการะ ผู้ใดจะละเมิดมิได้
ผู้ใดจะกล่าวหาหรือฟ้องร้องพระมหากษัตริย์ในทางใดๆ มิได้ (มาตรา ๖)
Religious Law
Afghanistan
- EnglishTo attain moral and material goals, the citizens of Afghanistan shall have the right to form associations in accordance with provisions of the law. The people of Afghanistan shall have the right, in accordance with provisions of the law, to form political parties, provided that:
1. Their manifesto and charter shall not contravene the Holy religion of Islam and principles and values enshrined in this constitution;
… (Art. 35) - Dariاتباع افغانستان حق دارند به منظور تأمین مقاصد مادی و یا معنوی، مطابق به احكام قانون، جمعيت ها تأسیس نمایند. اتباع افغانستان حق دارند، مطابق به احكام قانون، احزاب سیاسی تشكیل دهند، مشروط بر اینكه:
١- مرامنامه و اساسنامۀ حزب، مناقض احكام دین مقدس اسلام و نصوص و ارزشهای مندرج این قانون اساسی نباشد؛
... (مادۀ ۳۵) - Pashtoد افغانستان اتباع حق لري چې د خپلو مادي او يا معنوي غوښتنو د تأمين لپاره، د قانون له حكمونو سره سم، ټولنې جوړې كړي. د افغانستان اتباع حق لري د قانون له حكمونو سره سم، سياسي گوندونه جوړ كړې، په دې شرط چې:
١- د گوند مرامنامه او اساسنامه د اسلام د سپېڅلي دين د احكامو او په دي اساسي قانون كې د راغلو نصوصو او ارز ښتونو مخالف نه وي؛
...(۳۵ ماده)
Religious Law
Bangladesh
- English(1) The principles of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism, together with the principles derived from those as set out in this Part, shall constitute the fundamental principles of state policy.
… (Art. 8) - Bengali(১) জাতীয়তাবাদ, সমাজতন্ত্র, গণতন্ত্র ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষতা- এই নীতিসমূহ এবং তৎসহ এই নীতিসমূহ হইতে উদ্ভূত এই ভাগে বর্ণিত অন্য সকল নীতি রাষ্ট্র পরিচালনার মূলনীতি বলিয়া পরিগণিত হইবে।
... (অনুচ্ছেদ ৮)