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Bill: Hanakh III - State Religion Act of November 2690
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hizb al-Nahḍa al-Khilāfa
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2691
Description[?]:
| The State Religion of Al-Badara shall hereby be the Sunni Islam. Amendment I: Membership and participation of the individual in the State Religion of Al-Badara is mandatory for all defined citizens. Amendment II: The registration of the religion of individuals or families is hereby required by law in order to regulate the obligatory "zakat" and divert the funding through to proper areas. Amendment III: The selection and appointment of Imams as well as the collection of funds for the remuneration of Imams is hereby regulated and enforced by local governments as they are the true Ummah of Islam and shall be granted their right as outlined by Allah through his Prophet Muhammad (bpuh). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Current: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:06:44, January 04, 2009 CET | From | Welfare and Justice Party | To | Debating the Hanakh III - State Religion Act of November 2690 |
| Message | The WJP strongly denounces the Hizb al-Nahḍa al-Khilāfa's position to impose a rigid system of forced conversion on the tolerant community of Al'Badara, running counter to Islam's spirit of compassion and tolerance toward the people of the Book, running counter to the message of the Quran and the Prophet, peace be upon him. It is further denounced the desire to establish an elitist clerical system in Al'Badara, despite the fact that Islam is non-clerical. The flaunted term "imam" is generically used to refer to various forms of religious leadership, ranging from the leader of a small group prayer to a scholar of religion, none of which involve any sort of religious ordination. |
| Date | 17:16:01, January 04, 2009 CET | From | Hizb al-Nahḍa al-Khilāfa | To | Debating the Hanakh III - State Religion Act of November 2690 |
| Message | We do not wish to establish a elitist clerical system, and nor do our proposals do as such. If the WJP were to read the proposal they would notice that it gives local comunities the right and the ability to decide. OOC: This was the best option supplied by the game given that "State does not intervene" does not expressly allow local governments/communities to decide on ministers of religion and all the others had "State intervention" in some form. |
| Date | 06:14:49, January 05, 2009 CET | From | Welfare and Justice Party | To | Debating the Hanakh III - State Religion Act of November 2690 |
| Message | Concern is meant at article 2, status quo does however maintains "local comunities the right and the ability to decide" albeit with some authority for the state to veto the appointment, a rather extraordinary and rare occurrence but probably necessary at times like when anti-Republican sentiments are being called for instance. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 159 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 141 |
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