The Constitute Project's text of Syria's 2012 Constitution, whose Article 3 requires that the President's religion be Islam and names Islamic jurisprudence a main source of legislation, while also committing the State to respect all religions and guarantee freedom to perform rituals that do not disturb public order; its status after the 2024 to 2025 change of government is unresolved.
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AuthorSyrian Arab Republic
PublisherConstitute Project
URLhttps://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Syria_2012
Source Typeprimary source / official record
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the last constitutional text ratified before Syria's 2024 to 2025 political transition, read for its own wording; the country's current constitutional status is unsettled and is named as such in the fact rather than assumed. Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
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