IRFAN’s links to Hamas has been long established. The former Conservative government revoked IRFAN’s charity status and labeled it a terrorist organization. A National Post article written six years ago states:
“We are determined to stop Canadian funds from getting in the hands of terrorist groups,” said RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia. “We continue to work diligently with our partners to investigate and disrupt organizations from misusing charitable donations to find terrorist activity.”
A non-profit group that worked mostly in Muslim countries, IRFAN-Canada lost its charity status in 2011 after Canada Revenue Agency auditors called it an “integral part” of an international fundraising effort that supported Hamas.
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said Tuesday that IRFAN-Canada had “for many years” funded Hamas. “The well intentioned and charitable Canadians who sought to support humanitarian relief through this organization deserve better.”
The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, brought Islamic Relief right into the mainstream. Islamic Relief, along with the National Council of Canadian Muslims (originally CAIR-CAN), was also included in a Liberal government 23-million-dollar initiative to “monitor citizens for compliance” to make sure they adhered to “anti-Islamophobia” motion M-103, and which designated money for the training of law enforcement officers to recognize online and offline “hate.” All in the name of “diversity” and “inclusion” — exactly what normative Islam has no respect for.
“It is extremely important for the government to monitor any funds allocated to Islamic Relief to ensure they are only used to provide aid for the people of Lebanon and do not end up in the wrong hands,” said Rabbi Meyer May, Executive Director of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
This is precisely why the former Conservative government designated the group a terrorist organization many years ago.
“FSWC Calls on Canada to Monitor Beirut Relief Funds Distributed to Group with Alleged Hamas Ties,” Friends of Simon Wiesenthal, August 10, 2020:
Toronto (August 10, 2020) – Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) is calling on the Canadian government to monitor the expenditure of public money allocated to Islamic Relief, which is part of a “Humanitarian Coalition” of charities to assist with Beirut disaster relief, due to its alleged ties to the terror group Hamas and history of antisemitism.
According to Global Affairs Canada, the government is matching every dollar donated to the coalition of charities through its Lebanon Matching Fund, which will provide up to $2 million “to the Humanitarian Coalition, which will in turn allocate the funds among its members based on criteria such as their capacity and presence in the affected region.”
In a letter sent to Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne and Minister of International Development Karina Gould, FSWC’s Director of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, wrote, “For a number of years, Islamic Relief has faced allegations from Germany, Israel, UAE – as well as other countries and major global institutions – that the organization has ties to extremist and/or terrorist groups including Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood. There also exists extensive evidence of extremism and antisemitism on the part of Islamic Relief global leadership, highlighted most recently by comments made by Islamic Relief Worldwide Director Heshmat Khalifa, who referred to Jews in a Facebook post as the ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs.'”….
mortimer says
Part of ZAKAT charity money may be distributed to JIHADISTS.
From “The Reliance of the Traveler, A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law.” A whole section is devoted to the rules of zakat, including “THE EIGHT CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS.” On page 272, section h8.17, one category is labeled:
“THOSE FIGHTING FOR ALLAH”
“The seventh category is those fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in Islamic military operations for whom no salary has been allotted in the army roster (O: but who are volunteers for jihad without remuneration). They are given enough to suffice them for the operation, even if affluent; of weapons, mounts, clothing, and expenses (O: for the duration of the journey, round trip, and the time they spend there, even if prolonged. Though nothing has been mentioned here of the expense involved in supporting such people’s families during this period, it seems clear that they should also be given it).”
The prominent fundamentalist Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, for example, gave a fatwa obliging Muslims to fund JIHAD out of money collected for charity (ZAKAT). (Fatwa from April 11, 2002 in Islamonline.)
Note: NO PART of zakat money may be given to dirty KAFIRS.
gravenimage says
Mortimer wrote:
Part of ZAKAT charity money may be distributed to JIHADISTS.
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Spot on, Mortimer. “Zakat” is often translated as “charity”–but this is quite mistaken. That “charity” can go to fund violent Jihad shows that Muslims use language differently than we do.
gravenimage says
Canada: Hamas-linked Islamic group receiving public money for Beirut disaster relief
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Just appalling–but I *knew* this would happen.
Westman says
“We take the jizya, which is our haq [Arabic for “right”], anyway. The normal situation by the way is to take money from the kafir [infidel], isn’t it? So this is the normal situation. They give us the money—you work, [get taxed and your governments] give us the money, Allahu Akbar. We take the money.” With it we finance jihad against you and Israel with your money.
Isn’t it predictable that out of any transaction with, or charity to, Muslim nations, some money goes to jihad terrorism?
E T says
While Canadians were sleeping
October 9, 2018, Tom Quiggin asked the RCMP to investigate members of the government of Canada that used their official positions to channel money to Islamic Relief.
Not so honourable people he asked to investigate:
1.JUSTINE TRUDEAU
2. CHRYSTIA FREELAND, Deputy PM
3 AHMED HUSSEN, Muslim Immigration Minister from Somalia
4. OMAR ALGHABRA, Muslim MP, who tried to introduce Shari’ah law into Ontario and Justine’s close advisor from Saudi Arabia.
5. IQRA KHALID, Muslim MP, who introduced M-103, The “You shut your mouth motion”, from Pakistan.
6. Marie-Claude Bibeau, puppet
What happened to that report?
E T says
Christine, I love you, you are a true Canadian hero. TY TY TY for your honestly and dedication.
Major Tom says
Trudeau’s buddies…….