CRA approach for policing faith smacks of Islamophobia and should alarm everyone

It’s time for the CRA to better define its mandate and guidelines for charities and acknowledge that it is not within its purview to be auditing the religious beliefs and practices of Canadians.

As more charities have come forward about this issue to the Canadian Council of Imams (CCI), it has become apparent that a disporportionate selection of Muslim organizations is being targeted by a specific division in the CRA.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Obert Madondo

Opinion

BY MOHAMMED IQBAL ALNADVI

April 12, 2021

For years, Muslim charities have raised concerns of intrusive audits. As more charities have come forward about this issue to the Canadian Council of Imams (CCI), it has become apparent that a disporportionate selection of Muslim organizations is being targeted by a specific division in...

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