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A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, "to disagree") is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc. In the social and religious

Christianity is the dominant religion in Palau, although there is no state religion. Freedom of religion is enshrined in Palau's constitution, and both

persecution, since the king was attempting to establish Mazdaism as the state religion and judged Christians as the natural allies of the Romans. The historian

classes and the mercantile community; effectively getting treated as the state religion. The Kannada poet Adikavi Pampa’s wrote Vikramarjuna Vijaya, also known

predominantly Catholic country. Although the Church was disestablished as the state religion in early 2009, relations between Church and state are guided by a concordat

massive program of construction coincided with a transition in the state religion from Hinduism to Mahayana Buddhism, since Jayavarman himself had adopted

exact status of the country's abortion law is uncertain: "Because the state religion of Bhutan is Buddhism, which disapproves of abortion, it is probable

Baháʼí communities. While the Tunisian constitution declares Islam the state religion, it also provides for religious freedom, but the law places restrictions

Islamic republic. The Constitutional Charter of 1985 declares Islam the state religion and sharia the law of the land. The Umayyads were the first Arab Muslims

Russia, and the Philippines. Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 15 nations: Argentina (Catholic Church), Armenia (Armenian

when Wangarawa brought Islam into Kano and Sarki Ali made Islam as State religion (www.rumburilmi.com.ng). Sarki Muhammadu Rumfa (1463-1499) consolidated

Islam is the state-religion in Oman. The country is 95% Muslim. 45% of the Muslim population of Oman follow Sunni Islam and 45% follow Ibadi Islam. Islam

In the first half of the 4th century Christianity was adopted as the state religion. This has provided a strong sense of national identity that has helped

government has generally respected this right in practice. Buddhism is the state religion. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom

Sassanid empires. In 301, Tiridates III proclaimed Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to embrace Christianity

Although the constitution, as revised in 2018, removed the reference to a state religion in the 2009 constitution, stating simply that Sunni Islam is the source

where it was transmitted to Japan. In Korea, it was adopted as the state religion of 3 constituent polities of the Three Kingdoms Period, first by the

Islam is the state religion in Bahrain. Due to an influx of immigrants and guest workers from non-Muslim countries, such as India, the Philippines and

remove Islam as the state religion. Hefazat-e-Islam reportedly had threatened armed resistance if Islam was dropped as the state religion. The court rejected

Marcus Aurelius. It experienced a decline after Christianity became the state religion in the 4th century CE. Since then, it has seen revivals, notably in

Although Eastern Orthodoxy has a numerical preponderance, there is no state religion, and state and church are officially separate. The generally amicable

Islam is one of the smallest minority faiths in Costa Rica, whose state religion is Catholic Christianity. Without an official number by any state entity

Haiti establishes the freedom of religion and does not establish a state religion, although the Catholic Church receives some preferential treatment.

Kingdom of Armenia became the first state to adopt Christianity as a state religion. The earliest attestations of the exonym Armenia date around the 6th

constitution of Djibouti includes freedom of religion, although Islam is the state religion. There is a tolerant attitude between religions in general. Proselytizing

of Theravada Buddhism and upon his ascension to power he made it the state religion. According to legends he was known for his special weapon, a bat made

significantly revised in 1984, ending the status of Catholicism as the sole state religion. The Lateran Pacts are often presented as three treaties: a 27-article

Qatar is a Muslim-majority country with Islam as the state religion. Salafi version of Islam is the state sponsored brand of Sunni Islam in the country

Christianity in Denmark, which is predominantly Evangelical Lutheran (the state religion). "Julius Köbner (1)". Evangelical Times. 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2021-07-04

population (1,705,000 – 2009 est.) The government has not established a state religion, but the predominant religion is Islam, practised by approximately 90%

Religion in Belgium is diversified, with Christianity, in particular, the Catholic Church, representing the largest community, though it has experienced

ancient Roman state whose members were the highest-ranking priests of the state religion. The college consisted of the pontifex maximus and the other pontifices

the state, ending 30 years of Islamic rule and Islam as the official state religion in the North African nation. This new legislation also ended the former

Empire officially adopted the Nicene version of Christianity as its state religion. Prior to this date, Constantius II (337-361) and Valens (364-378) had

Islam is the majority and state religion in Algeria. The vast majority of citizens are Sunni Muslims belonging to Maliki school of jurisprudence, with

mainly Christian. Mauritius got independence in 1968 and there was no state religion in Mauritius defined in the constitution. The religious organizations

India's greatest geopolitical rival, Theravāda Buddhism is the country's state religion, practiced by around 95% of the population, and its intrinsic Indian

religions: no smiling face for one and askance look to the other. The state religion is a dangerous principle. Previous instances are sufficient to warn

countries in the world, having officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. Ethiopia was the only region of Africa to survive

mark down to the present era by establishing Twelver Shīʿīsm as the state religion of Iran, as well as spreading Shīʿa Islam in major parts of the Middle

Terrorism In Punjab, a book detailing his views on the Punjab crisis and State Religion and Politics, an analytical report on religion and politics with reference

Thai alphabet and the firm establishment of Theravada Buddhism as the state religion of the kingdom.: 197 : 25  Ram Khamhaeng was a son of Pho Khun Bang

Korea in 3rd century AD from India via Tibet and China, became the state religion of all 3 constituents of the Three Kingdoms, starting with Gaya in 372

Historical Perspective". In Banuazizi, Ali; Weiner, Myron (eds.). State, Religion and Ethnic Politics: Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Syracuse University

son of Muryeong of Baekje and is best known for making Buddhism the state religion, moving the national capital to Sabi (present-day Buyeo County), and

legally termed "dissenters" (i.e. from the government-sanctioned Lutheran state religion). Church employees were civil servants from the Reformation until 2017

Denmark and the Reformed Synod of Denmark. Denmark has Lutheranism as the state religion, as such its culture is heavily influenced by Christianity. According

11th century is considered debatable. Islam was only made the official state religion in the late 15th century through the ninth King of Tidore, Sultan Jamaluddin

cosmopolitanism, Bahraini citizens are very ethnically diverse. Though the state religion is Islam, the country is tolerant towards other religions: Catholic

between Pakistan and the Maldives. Both countries have Islam as the state religion and are members of both the Commonwealth of Nations and the Organization

edicts creating the Pale is clear (conversion to Russian Orthodoxy, the state religion, released individuals from the strictures), historians argue that the

edicts creating the Pale is clear (conversion to Russian Orthodoxy, the state religion, released individuals from the strictures), historians argue that the

policy. As the Kingdom of Bhutan adheres to Tibetan Buddhism for its state religion, the mere discussion of suicide and the means of tackling it have been

Islamic political institutions and the consolidation of Islam as the state religion. Very little is known about Sharif ul-Hashim's early life. Born in Johore

ruling from c. 1709 until his death. He introduced Hinduism as the state religion of his kingdom (1717) and changed the name of the kingdom to the Sanskrit

Although in the historical era, the pontifex maximus was the head of Roman state religion, Festus says that in the ranking of the highest Roman priests (ordo

the tonsure. He constantly implored the king to adopt Buddhism as the state religion, and in fact King Beopheung himself had become fond of Buddha's teachings

constitutional right to freedom of speech, thought, and belief. There is no state religion, although the government openly partners with several Christian groups

dynasty. Shah Ismail I proclaimed the Twelver Shi'a as the new Persian state religion. To propagate the Safavid faith, he invited ulama from Qom, Jabal 'Āmil

a staunch Protestant who had already implemented Lutheranism as the state religion in Schleswig and Holstein in 1528. After Frederick I's death in 1533

Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Anna of Hesse. In 1588 he changed the state religion from Lutheranism to Calvinism. He died in Germersheim in 1604 and was

through this that the Kingdom of Aksum adopted Christianity as the state religion in the mid-4th century, under Ezana of Axum. Following their Christianization

rule in the vast territory they ruled, as they made Zoroastrianism the state religion in 224 AD, and thereafter burned many Buddhist sites in the regions

country in the world having officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century and Christianity is the oldest world religion practiced

operated by the Petroleum Development Oman. Islam is the official state religion, but Article 28 of the Omani constitution protects freedom of religious

century. It was reconquered by the armies of the Mughal Empire. The state religion of the Bengal Sultanate was Islam, and the region under its rule, a

"Nationalist" history in India. His books include Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar; Culture and Consciousness in Modern

Silla (514–540), Silla was a full-fledged kingdom, with Buddhism as state religion, and its own Korean era name. Silla absorbed the Gaya confederacy during

Silla (514–540), Silla was a full-fledged kingdom, with Buddhism as state religion, and its own Korean era name. Silla absorbed the Gaya confederacy during

Years' War. Rulers of the Imperial States have powers to decide their state religion, Protestant, Catholic or Calvinist, with the minorities of each of those

strong executive powers for the president. It also restored Islam as the state religion, while acknowledging the rights of those who did not observe the Muslim

Nicaea in Asia Minor (325). The first nations to adopt Christianity as a state religion were Armenia in 301 and Georgia in 327. By the 4th century, Christianity

Wei government embraced his form of Daoism and established it as the state religion, thereby creating a new Taoist theocracy that lasted until 450 CE. The

Norway is a comparatively secular nation which no longer has a state religion, though 68.7% of the 5.4 million population belong to the Church of Norway

that Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion. Although it has long been claimed that Armenia was the first Christian

Roman or, as it is now called in the West, Byzantine, denoting the state religion of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, which was Greek Orthodoxy.

anything else that made a building look like a church building of the state religion, the Church of England. This means the building looks quite plain from

his policy of surrender and regrant, including the adoption of his state religion. Nevertheless, Henry was determined to carry through a policy of dissolution

Dratshang Lhentshog (Monastic Affairs Commission) of the Drukpa Kagyu state religion. The secular and religious branches of government are unified in the

Buddhism is the third largest religion in Brunei, after the majority state religion of Islam, and the slightly larger minority religion Christianity. Estimates

observed in the kingdom, unless they violate public order or morality. The state religion is Islam. The Government prohibits conversion from Islam and proselytization

strong executive powers for the president. It also restored Islam as the state religion, while acknowledging the rights of those who did not observe the Muslim

the state, ending 30 years of Islamic rule and Islam as the official state religion in the North African nation. It also scrapped the apostasy law and public

Mount Athos. p. 19. ISBN 9781440117534. Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral

then reigning three co-Emperors, which made Nicene Christology the state religion of the Roman Empire, and through strict enforcement of that edict. However

Senator Party State Religion Notes John Barrasso Republican Wyoming Presbyterian Denomination: PCUSA; former Catholic. Marsha Blackburn Republican Tennessee

The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric has been refused registration by the State Religion Commission of North Macedonia on the grounds that one group may be registered

Abikarib Asʿad (c. 384 to 433 CE), Judaism was adopted as the de facto state religion. The religion may have been adopted to some extent as much as two centuries

the north, with some peaks exceeding 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The state religion is Vajrayana Buddhism, and the population is predominantly Buddhist

principles by Islamic principles. On 9 June 1988, Islam was declared as the state religion of Bangladesh. Major General (Retd.) Chitta Ranjan Dutta along with

the north, with some peaks exceeding 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The state religion is Vajrayana Buddhism, and the population is predominantly Buddhist

aircraft or a religious representative (of the deceased's religion or the state religion) performs the ceremony. The ceremony may include burial in a casket

his meeting with the Dalai Lama, Abtai declared Tibetan Buddhism the state religion of his khanate. Zanabazar, the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu (Tibetan

for the later Middle Ages. Vaishnavism, which gained the status of state religion in the Malla Kingdom in the seventeenth century, shaped the culture

tightens law to bar Islam from becoming state religion". 5 December 2016. "Slovakia bars Islam from becoming state religion". Independent.co.uk. December 2016

Stephen) were members of the dynasty. Christianity was adopted as the state religion for the Kingdom of Hungary by the dynasty, and the Árpád's kings used

Among its policies is a commitment to making Orthodox Christianity the state religion of Georgia. At the May 21, 2008 Georgian legislative election, the party

surrounding areas. In Bhutan the Drukpa lineage is the dominant school and state religion. The Drukpa lineage was founded in the Tsang region of Tibet by Tsangpa

required to financially support the then established Church of Sweden: The state religion is the Evangelical Lutheran doctrine, in the sense that the churches

During his reign, Buddhism effectively[clarification needed] became the state religion. Tuoba Ke was born in 483, as the second son of Emperor Xiaowen. His

branching out under Paul the Apostle. In 380, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire, and a power on its own after the Fall of Rome.

and Darius the Great. Zoroastrianism eventually became the official state religion of ancient Iran—particularly during the era of the Achaemenid Empire—and

d'état on 11 April 2019 and Bashir's imprisonment. Islam was Sudan's state religion and Islamic laws were applied from 1983 until 2020 when the country

innovations were freedom of religious worship (although the official State religion remained Catholic), freedom of the press and opinion, and the institution

on the battlefield. The ceremony of the spolia opima was a ritual of state religion that was supposed to emulate the archaic ceremonies carried out by the

Wallisian (Uvean), Niuean, and Hawai'ian. Tonga does not have an official state religion. The Constitution of Tonga (Revised 1998) provides for freedom of religion

Under the Edict of Versailles, Roman Catholicism continued as the state religion of the Kingdom of France, but relief was offered to non-Catholic worshippers:

the Portuguese Jesuits attempted to develop Roman Catholicism as the state religion. After several failures, they sent several missionaries in 1603, including

станет государственной религией - Paganism in Abkhazia will be the state religion. Newsland, 12-08-2012. Retrieved 24-09-2012. "Arena: Atlas of Religions

until his death, at the time of the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire. He baptized Emperor Theodosius I. Ascholius was

disappear. Currently, North Africa is primarily Muslim: Islam is the state religion of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. While the practice and expression

станет государственной религией - Paganism in Abkhazia will be the state religion. Newsland, 12-08-2012. Retrieved 24-09-2012. "Arena: Atlas of Religions

for Buddhism to be recognized in the new national constitution as the state religion. This suggestion was initially rejected by the committee charged with

Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became

August 29, 1961, the Parliament announced that Buddhism was the official state religion, mainly due to U Nu's efforts. Cow slaughtering was officially banned

religion, though in the past, the Catholic Church in Portugal was the state religion. According to the 2021 Census, 80.2% of the population of Portugal is

Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. As a member of the Arab League, it is the only country

the 16th century, the Danish crown formally declared Lutheranism the state religion under the Icelandic Reformation. This increasing Christianization culminated

Christian Science Monitor. 11 September 1984. "Pact ends Catholicism as state religion". "È morto Paolo Ferrari: grande attore di teatro, cinema e televisione"

teaching in favor of the establishment of the Catholic faith as the state religion where possible. His appeal for financial support resulted in the successful

2007. The constitution of Micronesia states that laws establishing a state religion or impeding the freedom of religion may not be passed. There are no

return, he banned shamanism and declared Tibetan Buddhism to be the state religion of Khalkha Mongols. Abtai died a year later in 1588. His remains were

The bishop since 2008 has been Halvor Nordhaug. Prior to 1536, the state religion of Norway was Roman Catholicism, but the government of the Kingdom of

The emperor Theodosius I (r. 379-95) makes Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire in 380. In 496 Remigius baptized Clovis I, who was

later politicized evolution), who castigated in the name of the pagan state religion but with the authority of the 'pious' state. In Christian times, this

to the area being watered Religious uniformity, the promotion of one state religion, denomination, or philosophy to the exclusion of all other religious

preached by the Apostles Simon and Andrew in the 1st century, became the state religion of Caucasian Iberia in 327, making Georgia one of the earliest Christian

the army were purged, and Isma'ilism was gradually abolished as the state religion in favour of Sunni Islam, culminating in the official proclamation of

Europe and many parts of the world, when a single state religion was followed. In Spain, the state religion was Roman Catholicism, obliging followers of other

Stephen I (997–1038). Stephen promulgated Roman Catholicism as the state religion, and his successors were traditionally known as the Apostolic Kings

4th century, Emperor Theodosius the Great had made Christianity the State religion, thereby transforming the Classical Roman world, which Peter Brown characterized

Christianity as the state religion of Armenia in 301, making the Armenian kingdom the first nation to embrace Christianity as an official state religion. Here is

between the sexes and an absolute freedom of belief, but Islam is the state religion. The military retains the ability to appoint the national Minister of

Parliament passed the State Religion Promotion Act of 1961, initiated by U Nu himself. This act made Buddhism the official state religion of the country, one

UTC+4 ISO 3166 code AE-DU Nominal GDP 2015 estimate Total US$105 billion Per capita US$44,000 Religion Islam (the official state religion of the UAE)

by Roman emperor Julian around 362 A.D. to restore Paganism as the state religion instead of Christianity. Sportswriters employ the idiom as well. Quick

Christianization of the Serbs, completed by the establishment of Christianity as state-religion in the second half of the 9th century, and followed by the founding

that since Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have Islam as their state religion, it is therefore "unlikely" that Muslims would "face religious persecution"

Roman Empire adopted monotheism in the form of Christianity as the state religion, the phrase was used in reference to the Christian God. Its use continued

Safavid Dynasty, Ismail I (r. 1486–1524) established Shia Islam as the state religion. The Safavid Dynasty would have a strict policy of enforcing Shia Islam

Kuwait are Muslim, Hindu, Christian or Buddhist. Kuwait's official state religion is Maliki Sunni Islam. There is no official national census disclosing

conferment. Outstanding service to the state, religion, and the people. Act of bravery for the state, religion, and the people. The first decoration to

constitution from demonstrators was that Islam was not specified as the state religion. In response to riots, the Syrian Constitution of 1973 was amended to

станет государственной религией [Paganism in Abkhazia will not be a state religion], RU: Newsland, 12 August 2012, retrieved 24 September 2012. Religion

co-existed with Shinto, but in the 8th century Buddhism became the state religion and Buddhist temples were built. High concentration of important Japanese

religion or its exercise, or otherwise act in a way which "establishes a [state] religion or religious faith, or tends to do so." As we have observed before

tenth ruler of the empire, Musa I (c. 1280 – c. 1337), made it the state religion. Fouta Djallon, a highland region of Guinea, has been a stronghold of

Heir Apparent Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Wangchuck dynasty State religion Dratshang Lhentshog (state religious commission) Chairman: The Je Khenpo

well-established in Central Asia and along the Silk Road. It became an official state religion among the Uyghurs for five centuries (from the 8th through the 12th

constitution guarantees freedom of religion while making Islam the state religion. According to the Population and Housing Census 2010 figures, ethnicity

ancient Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, the declaration of Islam being the state religion of the Kedah Kingdom was done in Merbok estuary port, which situated

folk belief. Zoroastrianism, which originated in Persia, and was the state religion of the Achaemenid Empire and the Sassanid Empire. Chen Yuan, in his

recognized the Catholic orthodoxy of Nicene Christians as the Roman Empire's state religion. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule the entire Roman Empire before

constitution was adopted on 12 July 1991. Under the Constitution, Islam is the state religion, and the President must be a Muslim. The constitution also provides

directed the Institute on Religion and Law, which gave counseling on state-religion issues to organizations and government bodies. Culturally Jewish American

mark down to the present era by establishing Twelver Shīʿīsm as the state religion of Iran, as well as spreading Shīʿa Islam in major parts of the Middle

in 496 by Remigius, bishop of Reims. Roman Catholicism was made the state religion of France. This made the Franks the only Germanic people who directly

provided rice surpluses that could support a large population. The state religion was Hinduism but influenced by the cult of Devaraja, elevating the Khmer

took them to Ordu-Baliq and converted to Manichaeism and declared it a state religion in 763. Using his influence, he posed as the protector of the Manicheans

emerged in the 960s as a hereditary monarchy with Mahayana Buddhism as state religion, and lasted for 6 centuries. From the 16th century, Đại Việt gradually

Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, making Armenia the first state to embrace Christianity as the official state religion. Until this time, Armenians

Shamanism, Buddhism, and Christianity, and ultimately adopting Islam as a state religion in 1295. However, despite this conversion, the Ilkhans remained opposed

degree: she completed it in 1982 with a doctoral thesis titled The State Religion in the Late Roman Republic: A Study Based on the Works of Cicero. Between

that King Beopheung of Silla had desired to promulgate Buddhism as the state religion. However, officials in his court opposed him. In the fourteenth year

the British colonial empire in 1957, thereafter declared its official state religion as Islam, and adopted a constitution that is mixed. On one hand, it

antiquity. Traditionally a sharp distinction has been drawn between the state religion practised on the summit of the Acropolis and the cult practice of the

the government, but forced conversion is against the law. There is no state religion in Botswana. Botswana recognizes only Christian holidays as public holidays

citizens, learning Spanish and often converting to Catholicism, the state religion. They are often also considered Californios, for their adherence to

Heir Apparent Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Wangchuck dynasty State religion Dratshang Lhentshog (state religious commission) Chairman: The Je Khenpo

primarily by Father Pedro Páez. In 1622, Susenyos made Catholicism the state religion. The next year, Pope Gregory XV named Afonso Mendes, a Portuguese Jesuit

controversial eighth amendment to the Constitution, which made Islam the state religion of Bangladesh, in contravention of the original secular nature of the

Safavid Dynasty, Ismail I (r. 1486-1524), established Shi'a Islam as the state religion, although a portion of people remained Sunni. The population of what

Stalin's growing irritation. In 1926 he established Buddhism as the state religion of Tannu Tuva, which in November was renamed the Tuvan People's Republic

West Frisian, Walloon, Luxembourgish, French Religion Roman Catholic (state religion) Protestant Government Monarchy Historical era Early modern period • Inherited

in Georgia. In 337 AD King Mirian III declared Christianity as the state religion, giving a great stimulus to the development of literature, arts, and

built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome; now used as a basilica informally named Santa Maria