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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/10/2031 
TAGS: PINR PK TD GY
SUBJECT: INFORMATION ON DAR-UL-ULOOM ISLAMIC CENTER AND 
RADICAL ISLAM IN GUYANA (C-CT6-00891) 
 
REF: A. STATE 118929 
     ¶B. 05 GEORGETOWN 551 
 
Classified By: CHARGE d'AFFAIRES MICHAEL D. THOMAS FOR REASON 1.4(c) 
 
¶1. (U) Post has gathered the following information in 
response to the questions posed in Ref A: 
 
¶A. (S/NF) What is the relationship between the Dar-ul-Uloom 
Islamic Center in Guyana and the center in Trinidad? 
 
Individuals from the center in Guyana and Trinidad share 
personal and professional relationships. Both centers belong 
to the same sect of Islam and sponsor cross religious 
training. As a result, students visit schools in both 
countries and will travel depending on the location of an 
instructor (i.e. a visiting professor). In July 2006 Maulana 
Abdus Salaam and 11 others from Trinidad attended the annual 
joure in Guyana. Post is also aware of at least one resident 
of Guyana who has studied at the center in Trinidad (Sheik 
Ahad Ayatullah Husain, details in paragraph F below). 
 
¶B. (S/NF) Has the center issued Guyanese visas for 
individuals with suspected terrorist ties? If so, how? 
 
Guyanese visas are issued by Guyanese Embassies or the 
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Post is not aware of the 
Dar-Ul-Uloom center sponsoring suspected terrorists for 
Guyanese visas. Note, however, that the MHA does not vet visa 
applicants with the Embassy, so our lack of knowledge does 
not mean this has not happened. 
 
¶C. (S/NF) What types of Jihadist literature has the 
Dar-ul-Uloom Islamic Center circulated in Guyana. 
 
Post is unaware of the center's distribution of any such 
literature in Guyana; however, this does not necessarily mean 
it does not happen. 
 
¶D. (S/NF) What is post's assessment of Muslim groups in 
Guyana? Are groups discussing a movement toward a more 
radical and extremist Islam? Analysts would appreciate an 
update from ref report, 03 GEORGETOWN 01100. 
 
Post has not observed a marked increase in the Muslim 
population nor a recent trend toward overt radicalism. 
However, Charge notes a more fundamentalist flavor to 
Guyanese Islam than during his first tour in 1992-1994. 
Several Guyanese interlocutors have commented unfavorably on 
activities of fundamentalist/radical Islamic missionaries. 
The results of the 2002 census, released in late 2005, show 
that individuals identifying themselves as Muslim account for 
7.2 percent of Guyana's population, a slight decrease from 
the 8 percent reported in the previous census a decade 
earlier. Most Muslim organizations in Guyana are not overtly 
political, although the mainstream Central Islamic 
Organization of Guyana (CIOG) occasionally issues policy 
statements, such as its August 7, 2006 call on the GOG to 
sever diplomatic relations with Israel. Muslim organizations 
occasionally make anti-U.S. statements pertaining to 
lifestyle, dress, music, etc., and pay to broadcast anti-U.S. 
propaganda on TV. For instance, "Islamic Documentaries", a 
weekly paid commercial program, aired on July 27 a 
documentary entitled "Fatima's letter" that was viruently 
anti-American/pro-insurgent. The program claimed that U.S. 
soldiers were raping Islamic virgins at Abu Gharib prison and 
called on insurgents to kill both the virgins and the 
soldiers to end their shame. However, Muslim leaders in 
Guyana have made no/no statements to commit violent acts 
(i.e. bombing, murder, etc.). 
 
¶E. (S/NF) Have there been any indicators that marriages 
between Guyanese and U.S. persons have been arranged for the 
purpose of facilitating U.S. citizenship? 
 
The Consular Section regularly encounters applicants who have 
arranged marriage solely for immigration purposes. Ref B 
describes some of the more common tactics. Post has no trend 
data indicating that Muslim groups arrange marriages more 
than the rest of the population. 
 
¶F. (S/NF) Have any Darul Uloom Islamic Center members 
traveled to the U.S? If so, when and where? 
 
Post is aware of three individuals associated with the Darul 
Uloom Islamic Center in Guyana who possess a visa to travel 
to the United States. Each were contacted by consular staff 
during the course of a routine validation study with the 
following results: 
 
1) Name: Ramzan Khan 
DPOB: 17-NOV-1969, Guyana 
Passport number: A010307 (Guyana) 
Case number: 2000314 629 0003 
Date of issue: 20-NOV-2005 
Date of expiration: 08-NOV-2005 
Visa class: B1/B2 
Purpose of travel: (from case notes) Financed by Muslims from 
around the world, would not be more specific. Huijatul Ulama 
Darul Uloom, $70,000 per month, students all live at school, 
all boys, 30 full time, 20 part time, 5 full time teachers. 
921,048 savings, no property, has been teacher since 1993, 
claims was in India studying in Ghuja. 
Disposition: Subject told ConOff he twice transited Miami to 
visit friends in Panama. 
 
2) Name: Asgar Alli 
DPOB: 24-JAN-1987, Georgetown, Guyana 
Passport number: A015455 (Guyana) 
Case number: 2003321 741 0003 
Date of issue: 17-NOV-2003 
Date of expiration: 16-NOV-2004 
Visa class: B1/B2 
Purpose of travel: Vacation in Bronx, NY 
Disposition: Per information received from DHS, subject 
entered U.S. on 20-NOV-2003 and departed on 7-DEC-2003. 
Subject entered again 28-AUG-2004, no confirmed departure. At 
time of application, subject was student at Darul Uloom 
Zakariyya. One-year visa expired 22-NOV-2005. When ConOff 
attempted contact in August 2006, subject's home number as 
listed on application turned out to be a wrong number, and 
subject's business number was no longer in service. 
 
3) Name: Sheik Ahad Ayatullah Husain 
DPOB: 12-JAN-1982, Georgetown, Guyana 
Passport number: 0741400 
Case number: 2004212 158 0004 
Date of issue: 30-JUL-2004 
Date of expiration: 29-JUL-2009 
Visa class: B1/B2 
Purpose of travel: holiday/business (shopping for father's 
store) 
Disposition: According to DHS, subject has long entry and 
exit history. Subject was denied entry at preclearance in 
Nassau, Bahamas due to overstay in U.S. from 21-JUL-2005 to 
3-APR-2006. TECS ID X9L01810100CIQ. At time of application, 
subject was a student at Darul Uloom school at Reshad Avenue 
and Mon Plasair Road, Cunupia, Trinidad. Subject received 
multiple-entry, five-year visa valid through 29-JUL-2009. Two 
attempts to contact subject at telephone number listed on 
application rang out. 
 
Post is also aware of four individuals who have been refused 
visas to travel to the U.S.: 
 
1) Name: Sultan Khan 
DPOB: 27-JAN-1979, Georgetown, Guyana 
Passport Number: 0797971 (Guyana) 
Case number: 2001053 085 0002 
Application Date: 22-FEB-2001 
Disposition: Going to study at Darul-Uloom Al Madina Inc., 
182 Sobieski Street, Buffalo, NY. Letter accompanying 
application from Haseeb Yusuf, leader of Guyana Islamic 
Trust, claimed Hafiz Abdur-Rahman Memi of the Muslim 
Community of Barbados would pay expenses. 
 
2) Name: Nematulla Zafarulla Mullan 
DPOB: 24-MAY-1978, Billimora, India 
Passport Number: A8502478 (India) 
Case number: 2006192 906 0010 
Application Date: 11-JUL-2006 
Disposition: Has taught at Dar-Ul-Uloom for 1.5 years. 
Seeking to lead Taraveeh prayers at Al-Furqan Islamic 
Foundation at 2301 Woodward Street, Philadelphia, PA. Spouse 
Neeimabanu Aiyyubhusen DOB 20-JUL-1983. 
 
3) Name: Badrudeen Khan (other surname used Mowlana) 
DPOB: 28-APR-1966, Mahaica, Guyana 
Passport Number: A031621 (Guyana) 
Case number: 2005258 930 0003 
Application Date: 15-SEP-1005 
Disposition: Sought to visit friends at 2205 SW 62nd Terr., 
Miramar, FL, contact name Shafayat Mohamed. Principal at 
Darul-Ul-Uloom center in Georgetown. Concealed pending 
immigrant visa petition. 
 
4) Name: Melinda Ally 
DPOB: 31-DEC-1992, New Amsterdam, Guyana 
Passport Number: 0803129 (Guyana) 
Case number: 2005201 165 0003 
Application Date: 20-JUL-2005 
Disposition: Student at Dar-Ul-Uloom, sought to visit uncle 
in U.S. 
 
 
¶G. (S/NF) What connections exist between the Darul Uloom 
Islamic Center and the Jamaat Al-Tabligh? 
 
Post is attempting to obtain more data. SIMO will send 
information as it is obtained. 
 
¶2. (S/NF) SIMO comment: For additional information, see TD 
314/59967-04 and contact HQ SOUTHCOM J2 at 305-437-1090. 
Thomas