Qatar's Permanent Constitution, approved by referendum in 2003 with nearly 97 percent in favor and in force from 9 April 2004, in full English translation by the Constitute Project. Read here for Article 1, which names Islam the religion of the state and Sharia the principal source of legislation, Qatar's domestic constitutional relationship to religion in place of any Vatican concordat.
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Citation
AuthorState of Qatar
PublisherConstitute Project
URLhttps://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Qatar_2003
Source Typeprimary source / official record
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the constitutional text itself, republished by the Constitute Project, read for the exact wording of Article 1 naming Islam the state religion and Sharia the principal source of legislation. Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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