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Canada: Mosque charity “controlled or influenced” by Qatar organization that supports jihad terror

Sep 27, 2017 4:24 pm By Robert Spencer

In Islam, zakat — the alms required of every Muslim — can and should be given to further the jihad. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many jihad-linked charities.

“Audit of B.C. mosque charity alleges personal spending, ‘relationship’ with Qatar group accused of supporting terror,” by Stewart Bell and Rumina Daya, Global News, September 27, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Two worshippers at the Masjid Al-Hidayah and Islamic Cultural Centre speak with Global News about a Canada Revenue Agency audit that allegedly revealed troubling details about a charity which runs a mosque….

The audit documents released by the CRA further said the Sheikh Eid Bin Muhammad Al-Thani Charity Foundation (Eid Foundation) in oil-rich Qatar had “maintained some level of control or influence over the affairs” of the B.C. charity.

“The organization’s connection to and possible control by the Eid Foundation is particularly concerning given that publicly available information … indicates that the Eid Foundation is alleged to have provided support to terrorism,” the CRA Charities Directorate wrote.

“Our research indicates that the Eid Foundation is a member organization in the Union of Good, a global coalition of Islamic charities operated by Hamas, a listed terrorist entity in Canada,” read the letter.

In May, the CRA said in a “Notice of Penalty” letter that while it had initially proposed a $126,000 penalty for Bahr’s spending, it had decided not to follow through after the Islamic Society said it would remove him from the board and improve its internal controls, financial oversight and record keeping.

But the CRA did impose a $9,000 penalty against the charity for issuing $182,000 worth of donation receipts that were deemed “not compliant.” The letter said the penalty could be paid to another registered charity.

Qatar group was one of several areas of possible non-compliance

No penalty was imposed in relation to charity’s “relationship” with the Qatar group. The Islamic Society’s lawyer, Sebastian Elawny, said the CRA had found no wrongdoing and was satisfied with the charity’s reply to the allegations.

“The organization’s response was clear and the evidence was unequivocal in proving that the organization was not involved in any activities involving terrorism. Had there been any shred of evidence supporting a terrorist financing claim, the CRA would not have permitted the organization to continue to be designated as a registered charity,” he said.

One of four organizations listed on the CRA website as “penalized,” the Islamic Society of B.C. built a mosque with a gym and underground parking that opened in 2003. Recent visitors have included Christy Clark, when she was the B.C. premier, and local MP Ron McKinnon, a Liberal member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. McKinnon’s office said the MP was unaware of the CRA audit and did not know about the sexual assault case against Bahr until July 2016.

“The main issue probably was the personal expenses of the person that was running the organization being mixed up with the organizational expenses,” said Mark Blumberg, an expert in non-profit and charity law who reviewed the CRA documents.

He said the CRA had also expressed concerns about possible terrorist links.

“Canadian charities have to be scrupulous and careful that when they’re dealing with foreign partners that they avoid any even perception that those organizations could be involved with a terrorist organization,” said Blumberg, a partner at Blumberg Segal LLP.

The allegation that the Eid Foundation was “directly involved” in the affairs of a B.C. charity has emerged as Qatar is under diplomatic pressure from its Arab neighbours for allegedly bankrolling groups spreading extremism in the Middle East.

In June, the governments of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain closed their borders with Qatar and placed dozens of charities and individuals on a terrorist list. The Eid Foundation was among them, the Gulf News and Al Arabiya reported.

Also listed was an alleged Eid Foundation co-founder and ex-board member, Abd al-Rahman al-Nuaymi. The United Nations has identified him as a key financier of Al Qaeda in Syria and Iraq. The Eid Foundation said Nuaymi had not served on its board since 1999.

The Canadian charity’s relationship to the Eid Foundation was one of several areas of possible non-compliance raised by the CRA in its 32-page “preliminary findings” letter. The letter said the Islamic Society’s records “indicate that a 2005 agreement was signed between the organization and the Eid Foundation.” Documents mentioned that two board members would be “from Qatar,” the CRA wrote….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Sep 27, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    Canada: Mosque charity “controlled or influenced” by Qatar organization that supports jihad terror
    …………………….

    This is true of virtually all Mosque charities, since–as noted–funding Jihad terror is a major part of the purpose of Zakat. Certainly, more so than funding clinics or orphanages.

    Yet too many foolish Westerners just translate Zakat as “charity”.

    • John Forbes says

      Sep 28, 2017 at 8:44 pm

      Canadians voted in a rich spoiled marxist childish wastrel who is connected & seems to have taken money from Saudi Arabia & Qatar & possibly Kuwait & who is well connected with the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD & the George Soros Foundations !
      The aim of the Muslim Brotherhood is to spread Muslim Influence in the West & to implement the Sharia & end Democracy & create a Great Caliphate world wide as a final goal !
      Trudeau & His Iranian Connected brother Sasha are not only well aware of all of this but support it !

      Canadians seem to think that they have elected a good looking Canadian who supports Democracy but they are very wrong & are being conned by a very polished spoiled wastrel who has not actually worked at anything except having a good time .

      Trudeau is also ANTI FREE SPEECH as well & this is shown in his support for the Motion M-103 & his calling for the need to have blasphemy laws !

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 28, 2017 at 10:03 pm

        Yes–Trudeau is a threat to Canada.

  2. mortimer says

    Sep 27, 2017 at 9:37 pm

    Part of Islamic Charity goes to financing MILITARY JIHAD against the Kafirs. Islamic Charity does not go to dirty Kafirs.

    Please note: A kafir (a non-believer) is forbidden to receive money from the zakat.

    Quote: Sheikh “Al-Nawawi said, after quoting the hadith of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet [an error occurred while processing this directive] (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him): “Tell them that they have to give sadaqah (charity) that is to be taken from their wealth and given to the poor”: “It is not permissible to give any part of zakah to a kafir, whether it is zakat al-fitr or zakat al-mal… Malik, al-Layth, Ahmad and Abu Thawr said: ‘They (i.e. the kafirs) should not be given it.’”

    When money goes from Islam to the kafirs, it is to advance Islam, not to help the kafir’s suffering. Once you understand the meaning of kafir, you see that generosity towards a kafir is not logical. That’s why it cannot occur, except as bribery so they will be favorable to Islam and not resist jihad.

  3. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Sep 27, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    There’s that big middle eastern oil money again.

  4. Ethel Red says

    Sep 28, 2017 at 9:32 am

    Can anybody out there please explain to me how Justin Trudeau can sit in a Mosque with Muslims, who though I don’t read the Koran, but have read J.W. and have been told that Muslims pray for the Death of Jews and others who they believe are not equal to them. If this is the case then how does Trudeau end up at the Holocaust Memorial opening in Ottawa this week? He is there with survivors, and relatives of Nazi atrocities whose primary purpose was to kill Jews. How can this be. What is Trudeaus true agenda. How can the Jewish people allow him on stage with them? Is this just lip-service by Trudeau. What about M-103

  5. Lynn says

    Sep 28, 2017 at 11:56 am

    When a disaster such as the recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida occurs, churches and civic organizations collect money and supplies and head for the disaster areas to give assistance to those affected. I have never yet seen any sign of assistance being given by Muslims. If Muslims in Islamic dress were distributing food and water to the afflicted, it would be on the front page of every newspaper and replayed endlessly on every TV news program. I understand that Muslims are not allowed to give zakat to non-Muslims. However, I would think that someone who is ignorant of Islamic law would publicly draw attention to its absence.

  6. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Sep 29, 2017 at 1:00 am

    Re: “The letter said the penalty could be paid to another registered charity.”

    I used to work for the CRA, and it was just as stupid back then, decades ago: we in the corporate tax division were told point-blank that, if and when ANY business contested their interest rates and penalties, we should automatically cancel ALL the penalties – just because they asked us to. No exceptions.

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