58It is established that freedom of religion is one of the fundamental rights and freedoms recognised by EU law and that the term ‘religion’ must be understood, in that regard, as covering both the forum internum, that is the fact of having a belief, and the forum externum, that is the manifestation of religious faith in public (see, to that effect, judgments of 14 March 2017, G4S Secure Solutions, C‑157/15, EU:C:2017:203, paragraph 28, and of 14 March 2017, Bougnaoui and ADDH, C‑188/15, EU:C:2017:204, paragraph 30). It follows that the objective pursued by the Austrian legislature is included among those listed in Article 2(5) of Directive 2000/78.
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