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Title	Guyana: Information on whether Muslims have been prevented from entering mosques or practising their religion by the Muslim Brothers (Muslim Brotherhood) or by any other group and on whether an event of this nature occurred at a mosque in Village No. 78
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Guyana
Publication Date	1 December 1996
Citation / Document Symbol	GUY24691.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Guyana: Information on whether Muslims have been prevented from entering mosques or practising their religion by the Muslim Brothers (Muslim Brotherhood) or by any other group and on whether an event of this nature occurred at a mosque in Village No. 78, 1 December 1996, GUY24691.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ad1b22.html [accessed 31 May 2012]
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Guyana: Information on whether Muslims have been prevented from entering mosques or practising their religion by the Muslim Brothers (Muslim Brotherhood) or by any other group and on whether an event of this nature occurred at a mosque in Village No. 78

Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

The Catholic Standard [Georgetown]. Weekly. June-Nov. 1996.

Contemporary Religions: A World Guide. 1992.

DIRB Country File. "Guyana." Jan. 1995-Dec. 1996.

The Encyclopedia of Islam. 1993.

The Encyclopedia of Religion. 1987.

The Europa World Yearbook 1995. 1995.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1994-1996.

Guyana and Belize: A Country Study. 1992.

Journal: Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs [London]. Twice yearly. July 1989-July 1996.

Minority Rights Group International. December 1982. 3rd ed. No. 13. Malcolm Cross. The East Indians of Guyana and Trinidad.

Minority Rights Group Reports [London]. Dec. 1982-June 1996.

Religion in Politics: A World Guide. Stuart Mews. 1989.

Revolutionary and Dissident Movements of the World: An International Guide. 1991.

On-line search of media sources.

Two sources consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.

Topics: Muslim, Freedom of religion,

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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