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	Jordan: Information on honour killings, in particular reprisals for marrying against families wishes; lack of state protection; difficulty of relocation; attitudes towards singe women with children	19 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: 1. How does the Jordanian government accord primacy to Shari'a law? Please refer to the law/s or policies that accord primacy to Shari'a law. Is it a jurisdictional question and/or an application of primacy? 2. Do Sharia courts have the authority to prosecute proselytisers? Where is that law found? 3. Reports in late 2007 and early 2008 included in Country Advice JOR38218, indicate that approximately 30 foreign resident members of evangelical churches were deported, refused renewal of residency permits, or denied re-entry after exiting the country. The government cited as the reasons for these decisions concern for the evangelicals' personal safety, violation of immigration regulations, and unspecified unlawful actions while in the country. Is there any further information that can be obtained about the "unlawful aspects" of their conduct?	31 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: 1. Does a Jordanian citizen have the right to enter and remain in Syria? 2. Does a Jordanian citizen born in Syria have the right to enter and remain in Syria? 3. How long are Jordanian citizens, whether born in Syria or not, allowed to remain in Syria and what is their status there?	15 February 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: 1. Please advise whether there are any impediments in the law of Jordan or Israel to being a dual national of Jordan and Israel. 2. Please confirm that in Jordan if a person's father is a Jordanian national, and the person is born in Jordan, that person would have a right to Jordanian nationality	20 January 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: 1. What is the current situation and treatment of Born Again Christians in Jordan? 2. What are the authorities' attitude towards and the availability of State protection for Born Again Christians in Jordan? 3. Deleted. 4. Deleted. 5. Is there a Baptist Church in Ajloun, North Jordan, and, if not, where is the nearest Baptist Church? 6. Deleted.	14 January 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: 1. What rights of residence do stateless Palestinians have in Jordan? 2. Would a Palestinian having a two year Travel Document, which has expired, be likely to still have a right of return to Jordan? 3. What is the situation of stateless Palestinians without a political profile in Jordan? 4. Is there any information to suggest that a stateless Palestinian Muslim who converts to Catholicism would face ill-treatment by Islamic groups? 5. What access to healthcare and/or hospitals do stateless Palestinians have in Jordan?	17 November 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: Is there any information about impunity of people with power who commit crimes - especially murder?	13 August 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: Situation and treatment of atheists; whether someone who is born Muslim but does not practice Islam and considers himself or herself to be atheist faces discrimination or ill-treatment by state authorities or society	15 June 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordanie : information sur la situation des athées et le traitement qui leur est réservé; information indiquant si une personne née musulmane, mais qui ne pratique pas l'islam et qui se considère athée fait l'objet de discrimination ou de mauvais traitements de la part des autorités gouvernementales ou de la société	15 June 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: 1. What is the law regarding apostasy in Jordan? How are converts to Christianity treated by the authorities? What role do Shari'a courts play? 2. Are converts to Christianity in Jordan subject to harm from private actors i.e. family, community, or religious groups? 3. Is a convert to Christianity likely to be denied state protection?	4 September 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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