The Constitute Project's text of the Maldives's 2008 Constitution, whose Article 9(d) bars a non-Muslim from becoming a citizen of the Maldives and whose Article 10 names Islam the religion of the State and the basis of all its laws, barring any law contrary to a tenet of Islam.
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Citation
AuthorRepublic of Maldives
PublisherConstitute Project
URLhttps://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Maldives_2008
Source Typeprimary source / official record
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the primary constitutional text, read for the exact wording of Articles 9 and 10 rather than for secondary commentary. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Maldives directly: "The Constitute Project's text of the Maldives's 2008 Constitution, whose Article 9(d) bars a non-Muslim from becoming a citizen of the Maldives and whose Article 10 names Islam the religion of the..."
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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