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|contents=The Libyan Interim Constitutional Declaration was adopted on 3 August 2011. Article 6 grants freedom of religion and prohibits religious discrimination. Article 1 declares Islam the official religion of Libya. Constitution Project. “Libya 2011 (Rev. 2012) Constitution - Constitute.” Constitute. POGO, April 27, 2022. Last modified April 27, 2022. Accessed June 17, 2022. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Libya_2012?lang=en.
|contents=Article 21 of Libya’s 1951 Constitution contains the first assertion of freedom of religion in the state’s independent history. However, Libya has gone through significant changes in government since the founding of this document. Under the 2011 Constitution Article 6 grants freedom of religion and prohibits religious discrimination. Article 1 declares Islam the official religion of Libya.  
 
 
“Constitution of 1951.” DCAF Libya. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://security-legislation.ly/en/law/31474
“Libya’s Constitution of 2011.” Constitute. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Libya_2011.pdf
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Latest revision as of 04:32, 22 January 2024

Freedom of Religion

What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?

Libya

Article 21 of Libya’s 1951 Constitution contains the first assertion of freedom of religion in the state’s independent history. However, Libya has gone through significant changes in government since the founding of this document. Under the 2011 Constitution Article 6 grants freedom of religion and prohibits religious discrimination. Article 1 declares Islam the official religion of Libya.


“Constitution of 1951.” DCAF Libya. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://security-legislation.ly/en/law/31474 “Libya’s Constitution of 2011.” Constitute. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Libya_2011.pdf



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