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04.2004 - Source: UK Home Office
Zoroastrians ("Country Report - April 2004") [#22427], [ID 6544]
"6.140 According to a report by the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance, 1997, Buddhist and Zoroastrian minorities are able to practise their religion freely, possess adequate numbers of places of worship and religious publications, and refrain from proselytising among other communities. Buddhists and Zoroastrians are said to be fully integrated into society. [6b](p6)"
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02.2001 - Source: Forum 18
Freedom of religion: report on general legal framework, registration requirements, civil and penal restrictions and religious freedom in practice ("Freedom of religion: A report with special emphasis on the right to choose religion and registration systems") [#8587], [ID 6545]
"The partition left India with an 80 per cent strong Hindu majority. "Others", including Parsis, Jews and Baha'is, make up 0.4 %."
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