Some Thai nationalists are even demanding that Buddhism be made the state religion in the new constitution now being drawn up.
Communism and its concordant atheism remain the state religion.
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In fact, for some fifty years, Saudi official, royal family and what passes for private sector institutions have been expending untold sums to promote the state religion a virulently intolerant strain of Islam known as Wahhabism.
In fact, for some fifty years, Saudi official, royal family and what passes for private sector institutions have been expending untold sums to promote the state religion -- a virulently intolerant strain of Islam known as Wahhabism.
Like other Saudi-backed Islamist organizations, Hamas has long used educational, religious, medical and other social-support services to ingratiate itself with local populations and to proselytize a virulent brand of radical Islam most closely associated with the state religion of Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism.
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Later it was expounded on by various Islamic scholars, such as Ibn Taymiiya in the 13th century, but it did not become institutionalized until the mid-18th century when the theories promulgated by the radical cleric Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab were accepted and imposed as the state religion of his realm by the founder of the House of Saud.
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Okay, with these two meanings in mind, in fact, in the same document, there is also the stipulation which is - which has been in the past, the old defunct constitution about Islam being the religion - the religion of state and the principles of shariah being the main source of legislation.
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Not surprisingly, Republicans were more likely to support Christianity as the official state and national religion with 55 percent supporting the idea for their state and 46 percent in favor of making their Christian faith the official religion of the United States.
Wahhabism is the official state religion of Saudi Arabia and is noted for its intolerance and violence.
Defining the relationship between religion and the state was certainly easier when it could be assumed that religion's hold over people's lives and behaviour was in long-term decline.
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The relationship between religion and the state is not an abstruse question of political philosophy.
Such essential questions as the proper relation between religion and the state, and between central and local government, remain to be resolved.
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Still, lingering uncertainty over the proper relationship between religion and the state creates discord over how much space should be allowed for debate.
Most believe forcing imams to preach in French would be an unnecessary intrusion by the state into their religion.
Kosovo, which is considered by nationalists to be the medieval cradle of the Serbian state and religion, declared independence in 2008.
Given up the important principle of the State Establishment of religion.
President Clinton has sought to defuse the growing number of disputes over the place of religion in state education in the United States.
And as we consider the profound disagreements that exist between the many organized churches within the Christian faith, how long would it be before Americans are fighting over whether the Protestant Church, by way of example, should be the official religion of a state or the nation thereby excluding Catholics, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, or any other Christian based faith?
The Saudis whose state religion is Wahhabism fund the spread of their faith in lavishly endowed schools and mosques all over the world and, as a result, traditionally moderate Muslim populations from the Balkans to South Asia have been dramatically radicalized.
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The people who say that Penn State football is the local religion are not wrong.
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They agreed to discuss the outstanding issues of state and religion, self-determination for the people of southern Sudan, power-sharing, wealth-sharing and human rights.
This was "a complex and emotional matter for many Americans", said President Clinton, reasserting the ban on the promotion of religion in state schools, while defending the individual's right to religious beliefs.
It stretches beyond the boundaries of state, religion and kinship to take in all individuals, equal in dignity and respect.
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As Americans, they are uncomfortable with the notion of a state religion.
It should not be the concern of the state, and no religion has a right to degrade women or erode their human dignity.
As an aside, it is interesting to note that the same progressives that demand that evolution be elevated to the status of a state religion also fervently deny that evolution could result in fundamental differences between men and women, and between ethnic groups that evolved in different environments.
For the same reason as in France the fact that the state does not like asking questions about religion the United States has a hard time estimating the size of its Muslim population: the guesses range between 3m and 7m.
The troublemakers who use religion or caste to bring the state to its knees must be rejoicing.
At least those polled clearly understand that establishing an official religion for their state would require a constitutional amendment as only 11 percent believe the Constitution currently allows a state to establish an official religion while 58 percent do not believe it to be constitutional.
Islamists of all stripes condemn the separation of religion and state as a western, secular aberration.
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