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Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
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Pakistan: Differences between the Ahl-E-Tashe and Ahl-E-Hadees sects What are relations like between them? Would partners from these sects be free to marry, without interference from the State or society? Internal relocation possibilities for a mixed couple as above? Any reports of couples in a similar situation?

23 February 2011 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Please provide country information of how persons in inter-religious marriages (that is, Sunni and Shiite (Shi'a)) are accepted or not in Iraqi society, particularly in Baghdad. 2. Please provide country information on the profile and public recognition of the Sunni tribal name of "Al Jabweri" and the Shiite tribal name of "Al Shalabi". 3. Please provide country information of violence between Sunni tribal families and Shiite tribal families. 4. Please provide country information of whether government ministries have a higher proportion of Shiite workers compared to Sunni workers and whether Shiites hold more favourable positions than Sunnis in the government ministries. 5. Please provide country information of the extent (if any) of discrimination of Sunni workers in government ministries either by Shiite colleagues or by Shiite bosses, managers or directors. 6. Are there functioning legal mechanisms set up by government which an aggrieved person can call upon as a legal remedy, if she is experiencing discrimination by way of religion? 7. What is the extent of influence and participation of Muqtada Al Sadr and his followers within the current government and what is the extent of their influence in the security and police force in Baghdad? 8. Please provide current country information on the government's ability (or lack thereof) to protect Sunni's against physical attacks in Baghdad

21 February 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Information on the legal status of Fikal Jafriya and their involvement in terrorism, including available state/police protection

31 January 2011 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Are there any examples of members of the Turi tribe being targeted for harm in Pakistan's major cities? Please provide recent, relevant information concerning the relocation of Shi'ite Pashtuns from FATA/NWFP to other parts of Pakistan

14 January 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Can you please provide me with information regarding the current situation for Shias in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. 2. Can Shias obtain effective state protection from any harm in these particular urban areas? 3. Do people who have studied in the West in countries such as Australia face any particular difficulties on return to Pakistan and areas such as Karachi, etc? 4. Are they targeted by extremist groups because of the potential influence the West may have had on them?

17 December 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Treatment of Hazara by government forces, November 2009 - November 2010

7 December 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. What are the central beliefs and practices of the Ismaili Muslims? How do they differ from the beliefs of Sunni Muslims? Are Ismaili Muslims perceived to be more "Westernised"? 2. Are Ismaili Muslims subject to harm in Pakistan (particularly in Karachi) because of their beliefs? 3. Is there an Ismaili mosque in Seven Hills?

19 August 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Information regarding differences between the Hourya and Aladle Districts in Baghdad. 2. Reports of people being forced to leave either area (between October 2007 - December 2009) due to their religious affiliation. 3. Levels of religious violence in both districts, during 2010 to date

10 June 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. Please provide information about whether in 1989 or 1990 there was trouble in Afghanistan whereby Hazaras were being killed by the Pushtuns, Tajiks and Uzbeks? 2. Is there evidence to confirm Afghan Hazaras escaped to Pakistan around this time? 3. Please provide further information about property disputes in Afghanistan back to the 1980's. 4. Please provide information on the treatment or protection of illegal Afghan Hazara Shia Muslim refugees, especially those who moved into Pakistan around 1989 or 1990, by the Pakistani authorities. Is the treatment of those who moved then any different to the treatment of those who moved more recently? 5. Please provide information about the Wahabis and Sunni Muslims and the Baloch targeting the Hazaras in Pakistan. 6. Is there information indicating that Hazara people in Quetta are unable to go out freely at night or that they are found dead in the streets? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of the Hazaras of the Shia Muslim religion in Afghanistan and whether they face serious harm in Afghanistan. 8. Please provide information on whether the authorities in Afghanistan, most of whom are not Hazara, can actually protect Hazaras.

15 April 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Have hundreds of Hazaras been killed in Quetta in recent years?

30 March 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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