E/CN.4/1987/35 page 15 45. In addition to these conflicts involving entire communities more or less directly in religious struggles, there are also cases that show the decisive influence in religious circles, of extremist or fanatical elements, who contribute by their intransigence and their demand for a strict and literal interpretation of certain religious precepts, to maintain a climate of intolerance and of rejection of a dialogue either with the followers of other religions or beliefs, or with coreligionists regarded as less faithful to the strict interpretation advocated by the extremist elements and accused by them of deviation and treason. The incidents that brought into conflict, in several countries, and in the name of several monotheistic religions, integrationist elements favouring a particular interpretation of religion and the forces of order, following demonstrations and occurrences such as attacks, bomb explosions, the sacking or setting on fire of edifices or objects regarded by the extremist elements as so many symbols of religious or atheistic values incompatible with the precepts they hold to be sacred are a case in point. B. 1. Infringements of the rights defined in the Declaration Infringements of the right to have, to manifest and to practise the religion or belief of one's choice (arts. 1 and б of the Declaration) 46. Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Declaration describes the right of everyone to freedom of thought, conscience and relig ion as including "freedom to have a religion or whatever belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching". Article 1, paragraph 2, goes on to say that "No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have a religion or belief of his choice". Paragraph 3 of the same article restricts the limitations on freedom to manifest one's religion or belief to cases prescribed by law and justifiable by the exigencies of public safety, order, health or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. 47. Article 6 of the Declaration gives examples of various freedoms which, inter alia, are included in the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief. At this juncture, the Special Rapporteur will, endeavour to follow the provisions of the Declaration in order to ascertain the extent to which the rights and freedoms stated therein are respected and implemented in practice. 48. With regard to the fundamental right to have a religion or belief of one's choice (Part 1) and the freedom to worship or assemble in connection with it and maintain places for these purposes (art. 6 (a)), one is compelled to conclude that they give rise to many infringements throughout the world. 49. On occasion, the very right to have a religion or belief of one's choice is infringed. Thus, in some countries, several persons have been imprisoned for converting to a religion of their choice. In another country, every kind of pressure, including imprisonment and torture, is brought to bear against those who profess a faith to force them to abjure. In yet another country, the members of a community considered to be heretical by the religious majority are forbidden to claim kinship with this majority religion, to which they consider they belong.