Law Organising the Affairs of the Alawite Islamic Community in Lebanon

Type

Law

Number

449

Date of the text

17/08/1995

Official Gazette

published in 1995

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

33

What it provides

This law regulates the affairs of the Alawite Islamic community in Lebanon, granting it independence in its religious matters, endowments and charitable institutions, and establishes an Alawite Islamic council to coordinate its institutions and defend its interests, with three bodies: general, religious and executive.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 427/2002 of 06/06/2002, articles 8
• Amended by Law No. 140/2019 of 09/07/2019, articles 2, 6

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1995. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.