51.   Khreishah said the joint charter signed by the six upholds Islam as the state religion, supports democracy and calls for the freedom of expression and national unity.

52.   Orthodoxy is the state religion of Greece.

53.   Scotland retains a separate legal and educational system, and the Presbyterian Church is the state religion.

54.   The draft stipulates that Islam will be the state religion and Arabic the official language.

55.   The Hezb-e-Wahadat is an alliance of Shiite parties with close links to Iran, where the Shiite branch of Islam is the state religion.

56.   The Shinto religion is the former state religion of Japan, which emphasizes worship of nature and ancient heroes.

57.   They say they cannot prosper among the majority Sinhalese, whose faith, Buddhism, is the state religion.

58.   They demand that special privileges accorded to Kashmiris be rescinded and that India abandon secularism to adopt Hinduism as a state religion.

59.   They demand that special privileges accorded to Kashmiris be rescinded and that India abandon secularism to officially adopt Hinduism as a state religion.

60.   Those who advocate making Buddhism a state religion argued that it would allow for state subsidies and other support.