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Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 31 (ANI/WAM): The Federal National Council (FNC) has approved a draft federal law regulating places of worship for non-Muslims.The draft law aims to promote the values of tolerance and coexistence and will be applicable to all such places nationwide, including those located in free zones. This came in a session today chaired by Saqr Ghobash, the FNC Speaker at the parliament's HQ in Abu Dhabi.The draft law also proposes the formation of a committee to examine and classify non-Muslim religious activities, rites, and customs in the country. Based on the recommendations of relevant ministries, the UAE Cabinet will decide on the committee's composition, working system, and other responsibilities.A competent entity will retain a registration of licensed or designated roles and places of worship, and the data held in this registry must contain the information provided in the executive regulations of the draft law.The FNC introduced an article on the allocation of rooms of worship, which stipulates the following: The executive regulations of the draft law determine the conditions, requirements and procedures for allocating rooms for worship by the competent authority.The competent authority issues the final licence that grants the place of worship its personal legal status from the date of issuance.The proposed law requires every place of worship to open a bank account with a local bank, in line with the rules and criteria set by the law's executive regulations.According to the draft law, a person who contravenes any provision of the law, its regulations, or related decisions shall be subject to a fine ranging from AED 100,000 to AED 3,000,000. The penalties prescribed in the law shall be applied without prejudice to a more severe penalty stipulated by any other law.Existing places of worship must comply with the proposed law's rules within six months of the executive regulations' implementation. This deadline can be extended by up to two years, with each extension lasting six months. (ANI/WAM)Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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International :FNC approves draft law regulating non-Muslim places of worship

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 31 (ANI/WAM): The Federal National Council (FNC) has approved a draft federal law regulating places ... ...