E/CN.4/1991/56 page 39 Urueuav "In our country there is complete tolerance of different philosophical and religious beliefs. Proof of this is the fact that, according to unofficial estimates, at least 31 different religious faiths are practised, namely Catholic: 700,000; Jewish: 30,000; Muslim: 30; Orthodox (Armenian, Greek, Russian): 13,000; Protestant: 60,000; Apostolic: 8,000; Seventh Day Adventists: 5,000; Mormons: 40,000; Jehovah's Witnesses: 15,000; Christian Scientists: 3,000; Followers of Reverend Moon: 5,000; Children of God: 50; Church of the Universal God: 50; Divine Light Mission: 2,000; Yoga: 300; Transcendental Meditation: 200; Zen Buddhism: 100; Ananda Marga: 30; Hare Krishna: 30; Masons: 12,000; Rosicrucians: 1,150; Gnostics: 300; Theosophists: 50; New Acropylis: 50; Church of Scientology: 3,000; Kardecists: 1,200; Umbanda and Candomble: 15,000; Bahaiis: 500; Mother Mary: 1,000; Lofosophy: 250; Mision Rama: 300; others: 530." Yugoslavia "Historically speaking, Yugoslavia has been the scene of civilizational clashes, including the division of Christianity into Eastern and Western. Furthermore, this has been an area in Europe where Islam established itself most deeply. Yet, various national, religious and cultural communities do not live in clearly distinct geographic locations, but are rather intermingled and mixed. It is therefore understandable that religious tensions and strife, based on conflicting political interests vying for supremacy in this region, have always existed, with varying frequency and intensity. Currently, against the background of a wide-ranging democratization of overall social and political relations in the country, we are witness to acute tensions among individual religious groups. This, as a rule, applies to those religious communities which are traditionally present in these territories and are identified to a high degree, with specific nations (Serbian Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, the Islamic community). Smaller, protestant religious communities, even if some of them are organized on the basis of the national principle (mainly national minorities) are not involved in these disputes. As political parties in Yugoslavia tend to establish themselves almost exclusively on the basis of the national principle, the current instances of inter-religious tensions and clashes result precisely from the politicization of religion, i.e. are defined as 'abuse of religion for political purposes'. There are also cases of political manipulation of the masses by the politically like-minded (potential or actual). They use the main elements of their 'national' religion and set them against those of 'alien' religions. This is, in our opinion, contrary to the fundamental principles laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance based on Religion or Belief, and is inadmissible as such from the viewpoint of all positive achievements of civilization in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms."