Guinea: Current situation of ethnic Lebanese in Guinea and their treatment by the Guinean government and the population in general
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GIN31254.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Guinea: Current situation of ethnic Lebanese in Guinea and their treatment by the Guinean government and the population in general, 1 February 1999, GIN31254.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac920.html [accessed 19 May 2023] |
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Recent information on the current situation of ethnic Lebanese and their treatment by the Guinean government and the population in general could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, in a testimony made on 6 April 1995 to the Hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, on the Threat of Islamic Extremism in Africa, a visiting professor of Islamic studies at the Washington Theological Union stated that most of the Lebanese in West Africa were Shiite Muslims. The professor indicated also that many Africans resented their wealth and political influence and that complaints about the Hezbollah in the Western World have been a pretext for backlash against Lebanese in Guinea, but also in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Congo, Gabon and Zaire.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Duran, Khalid. 6 April 1995. Testimony of Khalid Duran, Visiting Professor for Islamic
Studies, Washington Theological Union, Before the Subcommittee on International relations. Washington : Federal Document Clearing House.
Additional Sources Consulted
Electronic Sources : Amnesty International on-line [Internet], Country files, Human Rights Watch On-line [Internet], Internet, REFWORLD, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC.
