A/58/296 Russian Federation 49. By a letter dated 11 April 2003, the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Russian Government information according to which, during 2002, 14 foreign residents allegedly were either expelled from the country or prevented from returning because of their religious activities. 50. The Special Rapporteur also informed the Russian Government of the possible adverse effects, according to certain information sources, of the new anti-terrorist legislation adopted by the Russian Parliament on 27 June and 10 July 2002 on freedom of religion and belief, given the very broad definition of the term “terrorist activity” under article 1 of the law. Greece 51. By a letter dated 11 April 2003, the Special Rapporteur transmitted information to the Greek Government according to which religious education textbooks allegedly referred to Jehovah’s Witnesses as an “anti-national mechanism”, to “Protestant sects of North America, the ‘worst form of heresy’”, as “agents of the CIA”, to the “papal” (Catholic) Church as “deviant” for “its attempts to draw nearer to the Orthodox Church” through the Uniate Church and to Islam as “belligerent.” After Jehovah's Witnesses had registered a complaint, the Minister of Education allegedly adopted a recommendation of the Hellenic Pedagogical Institute according to which the contentious work was not in breach of the Constitution or other laws. 52. In this respect, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw the attention of the Greek Government to the final document of the International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation with Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-discrimination, held in Madrid in November 2001, and particularly paragraphs 4 and 6. He wishes to recall in this regard the important role played by Greece during this Conference. India 53. By letter dated 11 April 2003, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government of India that on 6 December 2002 the police had reportedly prevented the mass conversion to Buddhism and to Christianity of about 10,000 untouchables (Dalits) in the town of Chennai; it was alleged that all roads leading to the town had been blocked and that the police had stopped 60 trucks in which the Dalits were travelling. 54. Furthermore, in January 2003, an extremist group of self-proclaimed Muslims, Harkat-ul Jehad-e-Islami, allegedly threatened to kill Muslim women in the town of Rajauri unless they gave up their jobs. Posters had reportedly ordered families to marry off their daughters who were over 15 years old and threatened women with death if they bathed in rivers or stepped outside their homes alone. 55. During the night of 13 January 2002, an American missionary of the New Jerusalem Church was reportedly stabbed and seven other Christians were attacked by a dozen militants suspected of being members of a Hindu group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. 10