E/CN.4/1992/52 page 30 This very jurisdiction would suffer in case of designation of Muftis through popular election, harming thus their independence, as it would, inevitably, create and enhance a situation of political clientele. Such a designation would also jeopardize the principle of the functional and personal independence of the judge, a principle respected by most modern States. In countries where Muslims constitute the majority or live as a minority, Muftis are not elected. From Saudi Arabia to Turkey they are appointed by the State. To illustrate this, the recent nomination of several Muftis in Turkey should be mentioned. As to the events of 23 August 1991, I would like to inform you as follows: In the morning of 23 August 1991, a small number of Muslims from the mountainous area of Xanthi appeared on the streets of this town to contest Mr. Sinicoglou's taking office. In the afternoon of the same day, some 400 protesting Muslims held a sit-in. Later, in the evening, there were verbal altercations between young Muslims and Christians passing by, as well as some squabbling, but thanks to the decisive intervention of the police, the number of those slightly injured, both Christians and Muslims, was kept very low (13 persons). All of them were transported to the hospital and released the very same evening. Police authorities arrested two people who appeared to be leading the brawl and held them temporarily in custody. Public order in Xanthi was subsequently restored and no material damage was reported." 46. Additional information, as follows was transmitted under annex II: "According to the information received, Mr. Dimitrios Katharios, a religious minister of the Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses appointed to the Prefecture of Evros, was summoned on 16 November 1990 by Mr. Philippos Karagiozidis, Rank II Police Officer of the Alexandroupolis Police Station, who informed him that, in accordance with an order issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office, he was obliged to close down and seal up the lecture hall used by the followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith in Alexandroupolis, in view of the fact that 'the hall in question was being used as a house of prayer and as a meeting place of the members of the sect of Jehovah's Witnesses'. On 19 November 1990 the hall is said to have been closed down and sealed up by the officers from the Alexandroupolis Police Station who reportedly indicated in their report that they had 'carried out the self-authorized closing down and sealing up of the House of Prayer and Meeting Place of the sect of Jehovah's Witnesses, using tape and Spanish wax'. It has further been alleged that Mrs. Lydia Paraskevopoulou, a follower of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith, had been appointed as a substitute teacher at the Chanakia Grammar School, Ilia prefecture in the Peloponnesus, in November 1990. In December 1990 the primary education administration of the prefecture of Ilia reportedly recalled Mrs. Paraskevopoulou from her post, indicating that 'the duties and functions of each and every educator have been defined and cannot be adjusted to suit their particular standards and tastes, their peculiarities of behaviour and eccentricities'. A decision issued by the Director of Primary Education states that Mrs. Paraskevopoulou is to remain subject to inspection and not to appear at the school until the problem