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Religious Law
- English…
2. No state religion shall be recognized, and religion and State shall be separated. (Art. 20) - Korean…
②국교는 인정되지 아니하며, 종교와 정치는 분리된다. (제20조)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Republic of Tajikistan shall be a sovereign, democratic, law-based, secular, and unitary state. … (Art. 1)
- RussianРеспублика Таджикистан – суверенное, демократическое, правовое, светское и унитарное государство. … (Статья 1)
- TajikҶумҳурии Тоҷикистон давлати соҳибихтиёр, демократӣ, ҳуқуқбунёд, дунявӣ ва ягона мебошад. ... (Моддаи 1)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic State.
Religion: Islam
Constitution: The Holy Qur'an and the Prophet's Sunnah (traditions) … (Basic Law, Art. 1) - Arabicالمملكة العربية السعودية، دولة إسلامية، ذات سيادة تامة، دينها الإسلام، ودستورها كتاب الله تعالى وسنة رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم. ... (النظام الأساسي، المادة 1)
Religious Law
- 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
- EnglishThe Judges are independent, and subject only to the Constitution and the law. When deciding matters on which the Constitution or the law is silent, Judges must consider Islamic Shari’ah. In the performance of their judicial functions, Judges must apply the Constitution and the law impartially and without fear, favour or prejudice. (Art. 142)
- Dhivehiފަޑިޔާރުންނަކީ މުސްތަޤިއްލު ބަޔެކެވެ. ފަނޑިޔާރުން އަމަލުކުރާނީ ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީ އާއި ޤާނޫނަށެވެ. ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީ އާއި ޤާނޫނުގައި ވަކިގޮތަކަށް ކަނޑައެޅިފައިނުވާ ކަންކަން ނިންމުމުގައި އިސްލާމީ ޝަރީއަތުގައި އެކަމެއް ކަނޑައެޅިފައިވާ ގޮތައް ފަނޑިޔާރުން ރިޢާޔަތް ކުރަންވާނެއެވެ. ފަނޑިޔާރުންގެ މަސައްކަތުގައި ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީ އާއި ޤާނޫނާ އެއްގޮތަށް ކަންތައްތައް ނިންމާންވާނީ ވަކިފަރާތަކަށް ބުރަނުވެ، ވަކިފަރާތަކުން ދައްކައިފައިވާނެ ބިރަކަށް ޖެހިލުންނުވެ، ތަޢައްޞުބުން އެއްކިބާވެ ތިބެއެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 142 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Religious Law
- 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
- English
1. The Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) is an independent, sovereign, democratic, unitary, secular and social state governed by the rule of law.
… (Art. 1) - Russian
1. Кыргызская Республика (Кыргызстан) – независимое, суверенное, демократическое, унитарное, правовое, светское и социальное государство.
… (Статья 1) - Kyrgyz
1. Кыргыз Республикасы (Кыргызстан) – көз карандысыз, эгемен, демократиялык, унитардык, укуктук, светтик жана социалдык мамлекет.
… (1- берене)
Religious Law
- English…
Wherein the principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice as enunciated by Islam shall be fully observed;
Wherein the Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual and collective spheres in accordance with the teachings and requirements of Islam as set out in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah;
… (Preamble) - Urdu...
جس میں جمہوریت، آزادی، مساوات، رواداری اور عدل عمرانی کے اصولوں پر جس طرح اسلام نے ان کی تشریح کی ہے پوری طرح عمل کیا جائے گا؛
جس میں مسلمانوں کو انفرادی اور اجتماعی حلقہ ہاۓ عمل میں اس قابل بنایا جائے گا کہ وہ اپنی زندگی کو اسلامی تعلیمات و مقتضیات کے مطابق، جس طرح قرآن پاک اور سنت میں ان کا تعین کیا گیا ہے، ترتیب دے سکیں؛
…(تمہید)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Tribunals of Religious Communities are the tribunals of the non-Muslim religious communities that have been or will be recognised by the Government as established in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (Art. 108)
- Arabicمجالس الطوائف الدينية هي مجالس الطوائف الدينية غير المسلمة التي اعترفت أو تعترف الحكومة بأنها مؤسسة في المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية. (المادّة 108)
Religious Law
- English1. Islam is the official religion in Palestine. Respect for the sanctity of all other divine religions shall be maintained.
2. The principles of Islamic Shari’a shall be a principal source of legislation.
… (Art. 4) - Arabic1- الإسلام هو الدين الرسمي في فلسطين ولسائر الديانات السماوية احترامها وقدسيتها.
2- مبادئ الشريعة الإسلامية مصدر رئيسي للتشريع.
... (المادّة 4)