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|contents=Kuwait’s 1962 Constitution grants “freedom of opinion and scientific research” in Article 36. Prior Orders of Council did not explicitly grant these freedoms.  
|contents=The first assertion of the right to freedom of religion in Kuwait is in the Constitution of 1962, ratified on November 11, 1962. The right can be found in Part III, Article 35. Part 1, Article 2 establishes the official religion as Islam (“Kuwait 1962 Constitution”, 1962).  


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“Kuwait 1962 Constitution.” 1962. Constitute Project. November 11. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kuwait_1992?lang=en.
English original text of the Constitution of 1962, 13 (2009) https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzkw0002&id=13&men_tab=srchresults
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Latest revision as of 03:50, 12 August 2024

Freedom of Religion

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

Kuwait

The first assertion of the right to freedom of religion in Kuwait is in the Constitution of 1962, ratified on November 11, 1962. The right can be found in Part III, Article 35. Part 1, Article 2 establishes the official religion as Islam (“Kuwait 1962 Constitution”, 1962).

“Kuwait 1962 Constitution.” 1962. Constitute Project. November 11. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kuwait_1992?lang=en.



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