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Iraq: 1. Is there any evidence that former Ba'athists target Shias and/or those they see as collaborating with the USA and with the current Iraqi authorities in and around Hilla? 2. Is there any evidence that the Madhi Army targets Shias and/or those they see as collaborating with the USA and with the current Iraqi authorities in and around Hilla? 3. Is there any evidence that the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) targets Shias and/or those they see as collaborating with the USA and with the current Iraqi authorities in and around Hilla? 4. Is there any evidence that the Badr Brigade targets Shias and/or those they see as collaborating with the USA and with the current Iraqi authorities in and around Hilla?

20 February 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Can you provide an update on the TNFJ since February 2002? 2. Is the group still in existence? What are the aims of the group? What are its policies? Who are the current leaders of the group? 3. Is there any information on the student wing? If so can you provide information about the student wing in the period 1998-2000? 4. Is there any recent information on the activities of the TNFJ in Rawalpindi? 5. What is the attitude of the current government towards members of the TNFJ? 6. Anything else of relevance

7 November 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Somalia: The sect of Islam followed by the Bravanese ethnic group

15 October 2007 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information on Hangu and its religious and other demographics? 2. Please provide information about the Imamia Student organisation (ISO), its aims, purposes and political action? 3. Is there any information on whether the ISO advocates unity between Shia and Sunnis? 4. Is there a Hangu branch of the ISO? 6. Is there any evidence of violence between Sunnis and Shias in Hangu on 21 March 1997 and 1998 and 9 Feb 2006 and what happened? 7. Is there any evidence or documentation that Nisar Ali and other Shia leaders were shot in Hangu in 2001? 8. Are there other places in Pakistan where there is no violence between Shias and Sunni and there is a large population of Shias where either Urdu or English is widely spoken? 9. Is there any information that the police in Hangu have taken action against Sunnis who have committed violence against Shias? 10. Are there any organisations in Hangu that are anti Shias? 11. Please provide any other information that you think is relevant.

27 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Syria: 1. Please provide information about Mr Radwan Tahlawi, Deputy Dean at the University of Damascas in the 1990s. 2. If possible, could you also tell me approximately what proportion of university students in Syria is female? 3. Do Sunnis form the majority of the university student population?

12 February 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Syria: 1. Basic beliefs of Sunni Moslems (in Syria, if they differ in some basic way from beliefs of other Sunnis) - a brief summary. 2. Are converts to Christianity able to go to church freely in Syria? Are they subjected to any serious discrimination or harm? 3. Is sexual harassment of women a widespread problem in Syria, and do the police generally provide protection to women who report incidents of sexual harassment or assault? 4. Do "Westernised" women in Syria face any serious discrimination?

11 January 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Previous research indicates that the governorate of Muthanna is stable and quite peaceful. Has there been any change in the general security situation in the governorate and Al Samawah? 2. Is there any information to suggest there are ex-Baathist insurgents, other insurgents, Sunni Islamists, the Mehdi Army or any other "extremist" Shia groups present in Al Samawah or Muthanna? 3. If any of the above are present, is there evidence that they are harming anyone, and if so, whom are they harming? 4. Are there Coalition forces present in Al Samawah or Muthanna and, if so, how have they been received by local Iraqis?

18 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Bangladesh: 1. Please provide information about the origins of the Ahmadiyya religion in Bangladesh; the beliefs and religious practices of the Ahmadiyyas; and how these differ from those of Sunnis. 2. Please provide the names of any significant Ahmadiyya religious figures/leaders in Bangladesh in the early to mid-1990s

18 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. With regard to Sebze Sang Jeghto village in Wardak province, can you indicate on a map where this is? 2. What is the general security situation and control there by the government now, and is it an area marked by Taliban activities? 3. Are there independent assessments available to indicate whether the security situation at present is improving, stable or deteriorating? 4. What is the situation there for Pashtuns? 5. What is the situation there for Sunnis? 6. What is the situation there for Ghalji tribe members? 7. What is the situation there for functionaries of the Karzai government and their families? 8. Is there any evidence of people being targeted by the Taliban or by members of the Northern Alliance in Sebze Sang Jeghto village in Wardak province?

18 August 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: The situation of Sunni Muslims who convert to Shi'ism; the procedure involved in converting (June 2003 - August 2005)

4 August 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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