Home›Sources›The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)SourcesThe Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, official text, read 2026-08-16Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/bangladesh-constitution-article-2a-bdlaws.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/bangladesh-constitution-article-2a-bdlawsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-constitution-of-the-people-s-republi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/bangladesh-constitution-article-2a-bdlaws}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXArticle 2A of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, hosted on the government's own Laws of Bangladesh portal. Inserted by the Eighth Amendment of 1988 under President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, naming Islam the state religion while other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony; substituted by the Fifteenth Amendment of 2011, which restored "secularism" to the constitutional principles while leaving Islam's state-religion status in place, an arrangement the Supreme Court upheld against constitutional challenge in 2016.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedPeople's Republic of Bangladesh, Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament)PublisherWell-attestedMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Laws of Bangladesh (bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd)URLWell-attestedhttp://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-367/section-24549.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedprimary source / official recordAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 1: the constitutional text itself, hosted on the government's own Laws of Bangladesh portal, read for Article 2A's current wording as substituted by the Fifteenth Amendment of 2011.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBangladesh, Countries Well-attested This source names Bangladesh directly: "of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, hosted on the government's own Laws of Bangladesh portal."Source The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)People's Republic of Bangladesh, Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested7CountriesBangladeshSourcesThe Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)Holds1SourcesThe Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Article 2A, the State Religion (Laws of Bangladesh)General References1CountriesBangladeshComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year