Canada Revenue Agency raises concerns about links of Muslim Association of Canada with Muslim Brotherhood
Nov 21, 2024 9:00 am
By Christine Douglass-Williams
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An proper investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency is long overdue, particularly considering concerns about the unfair targeting of Jewish organizations. The CRA’s concern about the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) is longstanding. In 2022, the MAC asked a court “to halt a federal audit of its activities as a registered charity, alleging the probe is discriminatory and violates its charter rights.” But there was evidence to investigate the MAC.
In 2015, United Press International reported some disturbing findings about the MAC and its connection to IRFAN-Canada:
The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), one of the largest Muslim organizations in the country, is being accused of funneling money to designated terrorist organization IRFAN-Canada. A Canadian police raid found that MAC gave $296,514 to IRFAN-Canada between 2001 and 2010, according to The Toronto Sun.
The Toronto Sun headline is no longer online, but here’s a screenshot:
 Another report from 24News.ca:
The Mounties, citing Canada Revenue Agency disclosure, say: “The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) provided $296,514 between 2001 and 2010” to IRFAN-Canada.
Read more HERE.
A year earlier, Revenue Canada concluded this about IRFAN:
IRFAN-Canada is a not for profit organization operating in Canada. Between 2005 and 2009, IRFAN-Canada transferred approximately $14.6 million worth of resources to various organizations associated with HAMAS, a listed terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.
Given the CRA accusation of MAC’s links to the Muslim Brotherhood, take a look at this screenshot, by the MAC’s own admission, now also removed from the web (click to enlarge):
Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“CRA alleges Muslim Association of Canada has radical links,” by Joel Goldenberg, The Suburban, November 20, 2024:
The Canada Revenue Agency is demanding corrective action from the Muslim Association of Canada’s (MAC), in relation to alleged links to terrorist groups and other issues, or it will lose its charitable status, according to documents obtained by Le Journal de Montréal’s investigation bureau.
The MAC unsuccessfully fought in court to prevent the documents, the results of a years-long audit, from being made public by the newspaper. The organization also sought in court months ago to keep court evidence, including the audit, sealed, saying their release would threaten the dignity and safety of MAC members and all Canadian Muslims. The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled against the MAC.
The MAC is in charge of four schools in Quebec and five mosques and community centres in Montreal, including a community centre in the borough of St. Laurent, which is also the location of the Al-Rawdah mosque.
The documents specifically say the CRA is concerned about the MAC’s links with the Muslim Brotherhood, and that the association’s resources are being used by terrorist groups. The agency was not satisfied with the MAC’s claim it had no links with the Muslim Brotherhood.
The documents also revealed that the MAC allowed two organizations that support the Muslim Brotherhood to use its facilities for free and without monitoring what the groups were doing. The CRA is also alleging contact was made with the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.
The CRA documents say that while Canada has not designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, “even entities that are not considered terrorist in Canada can put a charity’s resources at risk of terrorist abuse if those entities are linked to violent ideologies.”
As well, says the CRA, the Muslim Association of Canada “has not fully mitigated concerns that it may have maintained relationships with groups or permitted groups that have ‘actual or potential links to terrorist activities or terrorist groups’ to use the organization’s extensive network and membership, electronic resources and geographic locations for the purpose of fundraising to advance a third-party cause.”…. |
