A/51/542/Add.1 English Page 21 national holidays and public parades organized in the schools, have been punished and even expelled. For example, in petition No. 21787/93, Elias, Maria and Victoria Valsamis versus Greece, report of the European Commission of Human Rights, the Commission found that there had been a violation of religious freedom in the case of a Jehovah’s Witness pupil suspended from school for a day by the principal because she had not participated in the school parade to mark the national holiday. 95. At times, young Jehovah’s Witnesses are allegedly victims of incidents of religious intolerance, such as verbal insults and physical attacks, by Orthodox pupils influenced by their teachers. 96. Lastly, it seems that school textbooks continue to disseminate a negative image of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, despite the efforts made in the case of other religions. (iii) Employment 97. The forms of discrimination described in the case of Catholics and Protestants apply to the Jehovah’s Witnesses as well (see, in particular, the cases of Pilaftsoglou, Tzenos and Nomidis, whose applications for teaching permits were rejected on the ground that they were Jehovah’s Witnesses - Special Rapporteur’s communications, E/CN.4/1994/79 and E/CN.4/1995/91). (iv) Other spheres 98. The observations contained in the sections on Catholics and Protestants are relevant here. We should add that the situation seems more acute in the case of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, probably because of their religious militancy, as opposed to the low profile maintained by the other religious minorities. Its manifestations, unique to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, are, in particular, proselytism, conscientious objection and refusal to participate in events contrary to their religious beliefs. Such religious militancy competes directly with the interests of the dominant Church and indirectly calls into question the legislative and political system of the Greek State. 2. (i) Jewish minority Religion Known religion and legal recognition 99. In Greece, the legal status of the Jewish religion is guaranteed by a number of laws (L.2456/1920, L.F.367/1945, L.1675/1951, O.R. of 25 June 1951, D-L 01/106 9). Under a presidential decree, a Jewish community can be founded in towns where more than five Jewish families reside. Such communities are legal entities under public law and are administered by an Assembly and Council, which are elected by their members. All Jewish communities in Greece are represented by the "Central Jewish Coordination and Consultation Council", elected for three years by a general assembly composed of their special representatives. /...