Aliens — Refugees — Definition — Fear of persecution — Religion — Right to asylum on grounds of political persecution — Definition of refugees contained in Geneva Convention on Status of Refugees, 1951 — Whether religious persecution capable of constituting political persecution — Extent of religious persecution — State interference with practice of religious beliefs — Whether interference acceptable if limited to restrictions on public rather than private practice of beliefs — Whether such measures justified in order to preserve peace and public order

Human rights — Discrimination — Discrimination on religious grounds — Whether capable of constituting political persecution — Whether victims of such persecution entitled to asylum — The law of the Federal Republic of Germany