The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for Comoros, documenting that the Comorian constitution as revised in 2018 removed the 2009 amendment's naming of Islam as the religion of the state and states instead that Sunni Islam of the Shafi'i school is the source of national identity, while a 2013 law criminalizes the practice of other forms of Islam.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State
PublisherUnited States Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/comoros/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: an annual US government report on the legal relationship between the State and religion in Comoros, read for its own account of the constitutional text as amended in 2018 rather than for any single tradition's self-description. Connections
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Source 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: ComorosUnited States Department of State
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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