RELIGION: The official religion is Islam, and Libyan Muslims are mainly Sunni.

Having said that, bear in mind that Islam is the official religion.

Changing the official religion didn't change the superstitions of the country people.

The priests systematized existing folk beliefs and established an official religion.

There was, however, no necessary conflict between this worship and the official religion.

Islam is the official religion, of course, and Qataris practice it traditionally, yet tranquilly.

In fact, it took three centuries before Rome actually made it their official religion.'

The current constitution does not promote any official religion.

By decree of the Emperor Constantine, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

But the other goal, to try to create an official religion, just created an official headache.

Although Islam is Iran's official religion, it recognises Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians as accepted religious minorities.

Now, Thai campaigners want Buddhism to be made the country's official religion in a new constitution.

Their impersonal interests were satisfied with the official religion of youth-worship and loyalty to the community.

In order that their truth shall triumph, these latter may belong nominally to the official religion.

Thus Buddhism became a sort of official religion.

The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion and bars the government from establishing an official religion.