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* Section 35 establishes freedom of religion and belief.

" Every person has the right, either individually or in community with others, and both in public and in private, to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice or teaching.

" No person may be required to attend any religious ceremony without their consent, or the consent of a parent or guardian if the person is under the age of 18, and " A person must not be compelled to take an oath, or to take an oath in a manner contrary to their religion or belief, or that requires them to express a belief they do not hold.

" These provisions were included in the Constitution to allay the fears of Hindus and Muslims that an ethnic-Fijian ( and Christian-dominated ) government might compel their children to receive Christian religious instruction through the school system, as well as fears of some Christians that employers, many of whom are Indo-Fijian, might require participation in Hindu festivals.