SMC No. 1/2014 etc
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non-religious terms as the notion of law or public
order or morality is not reducible to the Islamic
meanings of these terms. Therefore, Article 20 has a
certain preeminence in the Constitution being only
subject to the general restrictions of law, public order
and morality, which three terms cannot be interpreted
or used in such a restrictive way as to curtail the basic
essence and meaning of the pre-eminent right to
religious conscience.
(c)
The right to profess and practice is conferred not only
on religious communities but also on every citizen.
What this means is that every citizen can exercise this
right to profess, practice and propagate his religious
views even against the prevailing or dominant views of
its own religious denomination or sect. In other words,
neither the majority religious denominations or sect
nor the minority religious denomination or sect can
impose its religious will on the citizen. Therefore, not
only does it protect religious denominations and sects
against each other but protects every citizen against
the imposition of religious views by its own fellow cobelievers. It needs to be mentioned here that every
citizen would necessarily include both males and
females (Article 263), which point needs emphasis
considering the exclusion or subordination of women
in relation to numerous forms of religious practices.
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