According to the attached 9 May 1997 letter from the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore in Lahore, "There is no branch of Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore in Qatar. There may be some individual who has no contact with the Head Office."

Information on a Qadiani Muslim community in Qatar could not be obtained from the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam–Canada in Cumberland, Ontario, within DIRB time constraints.

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.

Reference

Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore, Lahore. 9 May 1997. Letter sent by the general secretary.

Attachment

Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore, Lahore. 9 May 1997. Letter sent by the general secretary.

Additional Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly. 1995, 1996.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. 1996, 1997.

DIRB "Qatar" country file. 1995-present.

Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992.

The Europa World Year Book 1996. 1996.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. (WNC)

Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties 1994-1995. 1995.

The Middle East and North Africa 1996. 1996.

Office of Asylum Affairs (OAA), Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Persian Gulf States: Country Studies. 1984.

SHARENet database.