Does this basically mean a religion publicly supported or encouraged in the country?
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It means that a specific religion is the “official” religion of a country. In practice, this may mean that the state’s laws and governance will integrate the principles of that religion. For example, in many countries that have Islam as an official state religion, there are laws that ban the sale of alcohol, require women to be covered, don’t allow women to be in public with men, etc., as these are rules that are stated or alluded to in interpretations of Islamic law.
Additionally, it would almost certainly be required to study that religion in school, regardless of whether you were of that religion.
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