The Basic Statute of the State, Oman's constitutional charter, hosted on the official site of the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Read here for Article 2, which names Islam the religion of the state and Islamic Sharia the basis of legislation, while day-to-day commercial law draws mainly on civil code, Oman's domestic relationship to religion in place of any Vatican concordat.
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Citation
AuthorSultanate of Oman
PublisherMinistry of Legal Affairs, Sultanate of Oman
URLhttps://www.mjla.gov.om/eng/basicstatute.aspx
Source Typeprimary source / official record
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the Basic Statute's own text, hosted by Oman's Ministry of Legal Affairs, read for Article 2, naming Islam the religion of the state and Islamic Sharia the basis of legislation. Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
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- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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