Guyana: Treatment of Muslims, particularly women, by Hindus and Blacks (1989-2000)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 8 September 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GUY35241.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Guyana: Treatment of Muslims, particularly women, by Hindus and Blacks (1989-2000), 8 September 2000, GUY35241.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be3920.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No reports on the treatment of Muslims by Hindus and Blacks could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Approximately 50 per cent of Guyana's population is Christian, 40 per cent Hindu, and 9-10 per cent Muslim (Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Oct. 1999; Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999 9 Sept. 1999). According to the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999, "members of all ethnic groups are well represented in all religions, with two exceptions: almost all Hindus are Indo-Guyanese, while nearly all Rastafarians are Afro-Guyanese" (ibid.). Relations between the country's religious communities are described as generally "amicable" (ibid.).
For general information on the situation of Muslims in Guyana, please consult the article from Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs.
For information on the situation of women in Guyana, please consult Country Reports 1999.
The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) was unable to provide information within the time constraints of this Response.
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.
References
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999. 9 September 1999. "Guyana."
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs [London]. October 1999. Vol. 19, No. 2. Raymond Chickrie. "Muslims in Guyana: History, Traditions, Conflict and Change."
Additional Sources Consulted
Country Reports 1999. 25 February 2000.
IRB databases.
LEXIS-NEXIS.
Research Directorate country file.
World News Connection (WNC).
Two oral sources contacted.
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International.
The Carter Center.
Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG).
Derechos Human Rights.
guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com
Guyana Chronicle [Georgetown].
Guyana News and Information.
Guyana Review [Georgetown].
Human Rights Internet (HRI).
Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF).
Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE).
International Coalition for Religious Freedom.
Minorities at Risk Project.
Minority Rights Group International.
The Mirror [Georgetown].
The Muslim World.
Religion Around the World.
Stabroek News [Georgetown].