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Religious Law
- 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
- 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
- EnglishOwnership, capital and labour are the fundamentals of the Kingdom's economic and social life. They are private rights that serve a social function in conformity with Islamic Shari'ah. (Basic Law, Art. 17)
- Arabicالملكية ورأس المال والعمل مقومات أساسية في الكيان الاقتصادي والاجتماعي للمملكة وهي حقوق خاصة تؤدي وظيفة اجتماعية وفق الشريعة الإسلامية. (النظام الأساسي، المادّة 17)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Azerbaijan people, continuing the traditions of many centuries of their Statehood, guided by the principles which are reflected in the Constitutional Act on the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, wishing to provide welfare for all and everyone, and to establish justice, freedom, security, and being aware of their responsibility before past, present, and future generations, exercise their sovereign right by solemnly declaring the following goals:
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- to establish a law-governed, secular state which assures the supremacy of the law as an expression of the will of the people;
… (Preamble) - AzerbaijaniAzərbaycan xalqı özünün çoxəsrlik dövlətçilik ənənələrini davam etdirərək, “Azərbaycan Respublikasının dövlət müstəqilliyi haqqında” Konstitusiya aktında əks olunan prinsipləri əsas götürərək, bütün cəmiyyətin və hər kəsin firavanlığının təmin edilməsini arzulayaraq, ədalətin, azadlığın və təhlükəsizliyin bərqərar edilməsini istəyərək, keçmiş, indiki və gələcək nəsillər qarşısında öz məsuliyyətini anlayaraq, suveren hüququndan istifadə edərək, təntənəli surətdə aşağıdakı niyyətlərini bəyan edir:
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- xalqın iradəsinin ifadəsi kimi, qanunların aliliyini təmin edən hüquqi, dünyəvi dövlət qurmaq;
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Religious Law
- EnglishReligious organizations and associations shall be separate from the state and equal before law. The state shall not interfere in the activity of religious associations. (Art. 61)
- UzbekDiniy tashkilotlar va birlashmalar davlatdan ajratilgan hamda qonun oldida tengdirlar. Davlat diniy birlashmalarning faoliyatiga aralashmaydi. (61-modda)
Religious Law
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC … (Preamble)
- Hindiहम, भारत के लोग, भारत को एक सम्पूर्ण प्रभुत्व-सम्पन्न समाजवादी पंथनिरपेक्ष लोकतंत्रात्मक गणराज्य बनाने के लिए … (उद्देशिका)
Religious Law
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed in accordance with Islamic tenets (Shari'ah). … (Art. 23)
- Arabicحق الإرث مكفول وفقاً للشريعة الإسلامية ويصدر به قانون. ... (المادّة 23)
Religious Law
- English
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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.
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Religious Law
- EnglishAfter the demise of the eminent marji' al-taqlid and great leader of the universal Islamic revolution, and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatullah al-'Uzma Imam Khumayni--quddisa sirruh al-sharif--who was recognised and accepted as marji' and Leader by a decisive majority of the people, the task of appointing the Leader shall be vested with the experts elected by the people. The Leadership Experts will review and consult among themselves concerning all the fuqaha' possessing the qualifications specified in Articles 5 and 109. In the event they find one of them better versed in Islamic regulations, the subjects of the fiqh, or in political and social issues, or possessing general popularity or special prominence for any of the qualifications mentioned in Article 109, they shall elect him as the Leader. Otherwise, in the absence of such a superiority, they shall elect and declare one of them as the Leader. The Leader thus elected by the Assembly of Experts shall assume all the powers of the wilayat al-amr and all the responsibilities arising therefrom.
The Leader is equal with the rest of the people of the country in the eyes of law. (Art. 107) - Persianپس از مرجع عالیقدر تقلید و رهبر کبیر انقلاب جهانی اسلام و بنیانگذار جمهوری اسلامی ایران حضرت آیتالله العظمی امام خمینی"قدس سره الشریف"، که از طرف اکثریت قاطع مردم به مرجعیت و رهبری شناخته و پذیرفته شدند، تعیین رهبر برعهده خبرگان منتخب مردم است. خبرگان رهبری درباره همه فقها واجد شرایط مذکور در اصول پنجم و یکصد و نهم بررسی و مشورت میکنند هرگاه یکی از آنان را اعلم به احکام و موضوعات فقهی یا مسایل سیاسی و اجتماعی یا دارای مقبولیت عامه یا واجد برجستگی خاص در یکی از صفات مذکور در اصل یکصد و نهم تشخیص دهند او را به رهبری انتخاب میکنند و در غیر این صورت یکی از آنان را به عنوان رهبر انتخاب و معرفی مینمایند. رهبر منتخب خبرگان، ولایت امر و همه مسئولیتهای ناشی از آن را برعهده خواهد داشت.
رهبر در برابر قوانین با سایر افراد کشور مساوی است. (اصل 107)
Religious Law
- English(1) There shall be no state church.
… (Constitution of 11 August 1919, Art. 137) - German(1) Es besteht keine Staatskirche.
… (Verfassung vom 11. August 1919, Art. 137)