Qatar Constitution To Be Promulgated Tomorrow

According to Al Jazeera, tomorrow the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar will for the first time in its history bring a Constitution into effect. The full text of the Constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of sex, race, language or religion (Art. 35), and protects the freedom to practice religious rites for all persons "in accordance with the law and the requirements of the maintenance of public order and morality". (Art. 50). However the document (Art. 1) provides: "Qatar is an independent sovereign Arab State. Its religion is Islam and Shari'a law shall be a main source of its legislations."