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hrmjustin

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Tue Jul 22, 2014, 02:06 PM Jul 2014

15% Of The World's Countries Require Their Heads Of State To Be From A Certain Religion

Antonia Blumberg




A Muslim person has no hope of winning the presidency in Lebanon due to a requirement that the executive leader be a member of the Maronite Christian Church. Such a rule might seem extreme from the perspective of religious freedom, but Lebanon is not alone.

Thirty countries, or roughly 15 percent of the world's nations, require their heads of state to follow a particular religion, according to a new Pew Research analysis.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/religious-heads-of-state_n_5609588.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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