E/CN.4/1990/46 page 41 "In 1987, for example, the Baptist Church published 5,000 copies of the Bible. "Over the last 10 years, the churches attended by believers of Hungarian origin have imported 50,000 Bibles and those attended by believers of German origin 6,000 Bibles. "Members of the clergy play an active part in activities of a social nature aimed at developing the country and increasing the welfare of the Romanian people. "Twenty-three representatives of religions are members of the National Council of the Democracy and Socialist Unity Front, the most widely representative body. Four representatives of the clergy are members of the Romanian parliament, the National Assembly (the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Teoctiste Arapacu, the Bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Augustan Confession of Sibiu, Albert Klein, the Reformed Church Bishop of Oradea, Laszlo Papp, and the Chief Rabbi, Moses Rosen. "Members of the clergy also take part in activities aimed at preserving the country's cultural heritage, given that some 60 per cent of objects with high artistic value are in the Church's possession. Saudi Arabia 74. In a communication of 10 March 1989 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been alleged that about half a million Christian immigrant workers are forbidden to practise their religion, both in public and in private, and that the construction of Christian churches or chapels is prohibited." 75. On 23 November 1989, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia communicated the reply of the Saudi Arabian authorities to the Special Rapporteur's letter of 10 March 1989: "The population of Saudi Arabia is 100 per cent of the Islamic faith. Non Muslims in Saudi Arabia are free to practise their own faith in their own homes." Somalia 76. In a communication of 22 March 1989 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been reported that a number of religious leaders and believers are held in detention. Nine religious leaders (sheikhs) are reportedly serving life sentences after having been condemned to death in secret trials in Mogadishu on 8 April 1987 under article 12 of Law 54 which provides the death penalty for 'exploiting religion for creating national disunity or subverting or weakening State authority'. These persons were reported to have been arrested in May 1986 following the formation in Mogadishu of the Somali Islamic movement which allegedly

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