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Religious Law
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Paragraph 2. Religious marriage has civil effects, in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 226) - Portuguese
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§ 2º O casamento religioso tem efeito civil, nos termos da lei.
… (Art. 226)
Religious Law
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Second: The Federal Supreme Court shall be made up of a number of judges, experts in Islamic jurisprudence, and legal scholars, whose number, the method of their selection, and the work of the Court shall be determined by a law enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Council of Representatives. (Art. 92) - Arabic…
ثانياً :ـ تتكون المحكمة الاتحادية العليا، من عددٍ من القضاة، وخبراء في الفقه الاسلامي، وفقهاء القانون، يُحدد عددهم، وتنظم طريقة اختيارهم، وعمل المحكمة، بقانونٍ يُسن بأغلبية ثلثي اعضاء مجلس النواب. (المادة 92)
Religious Law
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The state and religious communities shall be separate.
… (Art. 7) - Slovene
Država in verske skupnosti so ločene.
… (7. Člen)
Religious Law
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The State has no official religion. (Art. 14)
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El Estado no tiene religión oficial. (Art. 14)
Religious Law
- English… Inheritance is a right governed by Islamic Law. (Art. 18)
- Arabicوالميراث حق تحكمه الشريعة الاسلامية. (المادّة 18)
Religious Law
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2. Our right as the people of Tuvalu both present and future, to a full, free and secure life, and to moral, spiritual, personal and material welfare, is affirmed as one given to us by God.
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6. Therefore, the life and the laws of Tuvalu should be based on respect for Christian principles, Tuvaluan values and culture, the Rule of Law and human dignity.
... (Principles of the Constitution)8
Religious Law
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2. Religious organizations shall be separate from the state. (Art. 17) - Armenian…
2. Կրոնական կազմակերպություններն անջատ են պետությունից: (Հոդված 17)
Religious Law
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(b) The law making powers of the People’s Majlis pursuant to article (a), includes the following powers:
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2. the enactment of legislation with regard to any matter, or the amendment or repeal of any law, which is not inconsistent with any tenet of Islam;
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(c) The People’s Majlis shall not pass any law that contravenes any tenet of Islam.
… (Art. 70) - Dhivehi
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(ށ) މި މާއްދާގެ (ހ) ގެ ދަށުން، ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލީހަށް ލިބިގެންވާ ޤާނޫނު ހެދުމުގެ ޢާންމު ބާރުތަކުގެ ތެރޭގައި އަންނަނިވި ވާޖިބުތައް އަދާކުރުމާއި ކަންތައްތައް ކުރުމުގެ ބާރުވެސް އެ މަޖިލީހަށް ލިބިގެންވެއެވެ.
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2. ބޭނުންވެއްޖެ ކޮންމެ ކަމަކާ ބެހޭގޮތުން، އިސްލާމްދީނުގެ އަސްލަކާ ހިލާފުނުވާ ގޮތުގެމަތީން ޤާނޫނު ހެދުމާއި، ޤާނޫނަށް ބަދަލުގެނައުމާއި، ޤާނޫނު ބާތިލްކުރުން.
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(ނ) އިސްލާމްދީނުގެ އަސްލަކާ ހިލާފުވާ އެއްވެސް ޤާނޫނެއް ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލީހުން ފާސްކޮށްގެނެއް ނުވާނެއެވެ.
... (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 70 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Religious Law
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3. Churches and other religious communities shall be separate from the State
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3. As igrejas e outras comunidades religiosas estão separadas do Estado
… (Art. 49)
Religious Law
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20. The State shall strive to create conditions that will enable the true and sustainable development of a good and compassionate society rooted in Buddhist ethos and universal human values.
… (Art. 9) - Dzongkha
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༢༠) རྒྱལ་ཁམས་ཀྱིས་ འགྲོ་བ་ཀུན་ཁྱབ་ཀྱི་ཁྱད་ཆོས་དང་ སངས་རྒྱས་པའི་གྲུབ་མཐར་རྩ་བ་འཛིན་པའི་ལེགས་ལྡན་དང་ བྱམས་སྙིང་ ལྡན་པའི་ མི་སྡེ་ཅིག་ ཡུན་བརྟན་གོང་འཕེལ་དངོས་སུ་འབྱུང་ ཚུགས་པའི་གནས་སྟངས་བཟོ་ནི་ལུ་ དོན་གཉེར་བསྐྱེད་དགོ།
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