CMPAC’s submission to the Department of Finance responds to a consultation on Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime. Our remarks challenge the assumption that Muslim charitable organizations are at an inherently elevated risk, pointing to the absence of evidence linking charities to terrorist financing and the overall compliance track record of the sector. We […]
Jun 7, 2023 Bill C-20 establishes a Public Complaints and Review Committee that will oversee civilian complaints about some Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) activity. The legislation falls short in a few areas, including delivering true recourse for victims of unfair treatement at the hands of the CBSA and RCMP. […]
Apr 6, 2023 By Sarah Mushtaq In recent years, the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) review and analysis division (RAD) has been accused of disproportionately targeting Muslim charities for audits, and many Canadian Muslims have raised concerns that this is due to Islamophobia within the CRA itself. In response to these concerns, Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson François Boileau […]
Jan 17, 2023 Recent allegations that the Canada Revenue Agency is unfairly auditing Muslim-led charities for possible ties to terrorist financing have stirred outrage. For years, Muslim charities have witnessed and experienced aggressive and intimidating audits, which have had a chilling effect on the community. The situation has been exacerbated by recent Globe and Mail articles alleging that fake RCMP and CRA […]
Dec 13, 2022 A few months ago, I wrote in the Citizen about “biased” audits conducted by the Review and Analysis Division (RAD) of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), a division responsible for the agency’s counter-terrorist financing mandate. I noted how multiple independent investigations of CRA’s practices support the concerns expressed by Muslim charities in Canada over […]
Sarah Mushtaq, part of CMPAC’s leadership team, discussed with ‘On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko‘ the need to reform the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and its lack of oversight, Canada‘s immigration and refugee system and the situation of Egyptian refugee #families in #BC.
Abdelrahman Elmady is pictured outside of his home in Vancouver in 2021. The Egyptian man, who participated in the Arab Spring protests, faces deportation to his home country, leading Muslim-Canadian organizations to speak up on his behalf. (Ben Nelms/CBC) Dozens of Muslim Canadian organizations are urging the prime minister, public safety minister and president of the […]
A review of racist CRA audits, confronting Quebec’s Bill 21 and a federal office to tackle Islamophobia would be a good start. While the Canadian political landscape has remained largely the same in the aftermath of the last federal election, there are many lessons the government would do well to heed. The National Summit on […]
Anver Emon is Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History and the director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. Nadia Hasan is the chief operating officer of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. On July 22, the federal government will host a national summit on Islamophobia. All levels of […]
By: Faisal Kutty “Do you know any trusted person we can disburse our zakat (charity) through?” I am getting this a lot this Ramadan, as Canadian Muslims — like their coreligionists elsewhere — look for ways to distribute their charity as an act of worship. For decades now, there has been unease surrounding charities in […]
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