Wikipedia's article on the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, detailing Ziaur Rahman's proclamation removing secularism from Article 8 and replacing it with "absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah," the insertion of "Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim" at the constitution's opening, the amendment's formal passage by parliament on 6 April 1979, and the later court rulings against its legality, the High Court Division on 29 August 2005 and the Appellate Division on 2 February 2010. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A tertiary encyclopedia article on a single, specific amendment; used for its own settled procedural facts (the amendment's text, its 6 April 1979 passage, the 2005 and 2010 court rulings), independently cross-checked against other reporting for the same dates. NotesThe primary citation for the 1977 to 1988 phase of the Bangladesh secularism position history: the removal of secularism, the Bismillah insertion, and the 1979 ratification date.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Bangladesh
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