Additional Resources

Link: https://www.layeredsuspicion.ca/

Published By: UofT Institute of Islamic Studies and NCCM

Published On: March 2021

Summary of Findings:
Muslim-led charities have for years expressed concerns about the selection, frequency, and reasoning behind audits of their organizations.
The findings from Under Layered Suspicion suggest that there is a basis for these concerns. The report identifies whole-of-government policies and patterns of audit practices that together evince potential biases in Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audits of Muslim-led charities

Link: https://iclmg.ca/prejudiced-audits/

Published By: International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group

Published On: March 2021

Summary of Findings:
The Review and Analysis Division is a secretive division of the Canada Revenue Agency which is unfairly targeting Muslim charities for audits based on flimsy reasoning, amounting to discrimination.
From 2008 to 2015, 75 per cent of the organizations whose charitable status was revoked following division audits were Muslim charities, and that at least another four have had their status pulled since then.

Link: https://thephilanthropist.ca/2023/03/the-problem-of-systemic-bias-in-cra-audits/

Published By: The Philanthropist – co-authored by Faisal Kutty and Faisal Bhabha

Published On: March 27, 2023

Summary of Findings:
Report identifies that CRA’s allegations of terrorism financing against Muslim charities often rely on biased opinions from terrorism experts, policies from right-wing think tanks, and distorted facts from Islamophobic media sources.
The CRA seems to be moving away from established sources of reliable information and embracing highly politicized and fringe sources.
As a result of biased information infusing CRA decisions, Muslim charities are placed under the disproportionate burden of having to demonstrate that they are not connected to terrorism or extremism.

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/muslim-charities-fall-prey-canada-double-standards-chilling-effect

Published By: Middle East Eye

Published On: April 25, 2023

Summary of Findings:
Middle East Eye looked through the audits of dozens of charities over the last decade, and while most were given ample time and space to object to being shut down, none of the Muslim charities seen by MEE were given the same opportunities to object to and delay the revocation of their charitable status.
The Canadian government’s conduct highlights the discrepancy between how some charities are treated during and after being audited and how the Canadian government treats Muslim charities, researchers, and practitioners in the charity sector have told Middle East Eye.
Middle East Eye looked at 63 Notices of Intention to Revoke (NITRs) that were sent to Canadian charities between 2015 and 2019. Of those charities, 38 were allowed the opportunity to object and delay their revocation by submitting a response, while 25 were not given the same chance and would have had to obtain an order from the federal appeals court. However, MEE also viewed NITRs that were sent during that same period to five Muslim charities, all of which were told that regardless of whether they filed an objection, their charitable status would be revoked unless they received an order from the appeals court.