A/HRC/15/53 accompanied by her husband, had brought her baby to see the doctor. When they were called in to the see the doctor, the doctor told the father that only he could go in with the baby. When the mother insisted that she should enter as the baby’s mother, the doctor reportedly replied that he did not want anybody wearing a niqab helping or entering his consultation room because of his religious convictions. 19. In April 2010, the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was passed, including a provision that reserves the post of Prime Minister to a Muslim individual. As a result, article 91 of the Constitution now reads “after the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, the National Assembly shall, to the exclusion of any other business, proceed to elect without debate one of its Muslim members to be Prime Minister”. 20. According to reports, members of the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar need to obtain permission to marry. If they get married in a religious way only, which is not considered as an official marriage, they may be imprisoned. These measures are only reportedly imposed on Rohingya Muslims and only in North Arakan, Myanmar. In addition, under the 1982 Citizenship Act, the vast majority of the Rohingyas are still denied Myanmar citizenship, which has curtailed the full exercise of their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights and led to various discriminatory practices. 21. In Pakistan, Muslims are required to solemnly declare in their passport application form that they “do not recognize any person who claims to be prophet in any sense of the word or of any description whatsoever after Muhammad (peace be upon him) or recognize such claimant as prophet or a religious reformer as a Muslim” and that they “consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Quadiani to be an imposter nabi and also consider his followers whether belonging to the Lahori or Quadiani Group to be NON-MUSLIM”. 22. In the Maldives, it is not possible for non-Muslims to obtain Maldivian citizenship. Section 2 (a) of the Citizenship Act provides that in order for a person to become a citizen of the Maldives he or she must satisfy a number of conditions, including being a Muslim. Moreover, the Peoples’ Special Majlis (Constitutional Assembly) reportedly approved on 19 November 2007, an amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives, requiring all Maldivian citizens to be Muslims. As a result, article 9 (d) of the 2008 Constitution now reads: “Despite the provisions of article (a) a non-Muslim may not become a citizen of the Maldives.” 23. In Saudi Arabia, non-Muslims are reportedly not permitted to get Saudi citizenship and no places of worship other than mosques are permitted in the country. As a result, individuals have been arrested and detained for non-Muslim worship, even though the worship was non-public. For instance, in March 2009, three Indian Christians were detained after holding a private religious gathering in the Eastern Province, which gathering was raided by members of the Commission to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice. The latter allegedly confiscated religious materials. The three Indian Christians were released a few days later. 24. In Angola, it was alleged that a number of Christian groups and the Muslim community in Angola had not been granted legal recognition, despite having submitted several applications for registration with domestic authorities. Reportedly, other religious minorities had no chance of recognition. Indeed, in accordance with the registration requirements, a religious group must have at least 100,000 adherents to qualify for registration; the adherents must be adults and reside in the national territory; their signatures must be recognized by a notary; and they must come from at least two-thirds of all the provinces of Angola. 25. Several cases of discrimination against individuals based on religion or belief are referred to by Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, in her 6 GE.10-14999