HRP: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
IRF: Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
HRP 2001
IRF 2001
The Constitution provides for freedom
of religion, and the various religious communities worship largely without
government interference; however, the Government's concerns about regional
security threats from alleged religious extremists led it to encourage
local officials to limit the practice of religion by some nontraditional
groups.
SOCIETAL ATTITUDES
IRF 2001
HRP 2001
Many media outlets (both official and independent), including some of the
most widely distributed, have presented as objective news allegations that
nontraditional religious groups present a threat to national security and
social cohesion. Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses and Baha'i faiths
were particularly confrontational.