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Jesse Kline: The CRA's double standard on religious charities

Muslim charities with alleged links to terrorism operate freely while the CRA wages a jihad against Jewish non-profits

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The recent revelation that some attendees at a youth-focused talk at last week’s Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) convention in Toronto wrote “Jew free” in answer to a question about “what kind of community” they want to build, and that it was then prominently projected onto a screen with no objections from the audience or organizers, is not the first time the charity has been engulfed in controversy.

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For years, MAC has been the subject of a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) investigation, with the agency accusing it of being involved in an “apparent Hamas support network” and having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Its conferences regularly feature speakers who oppose Canadian values and support terrorism. While the CRA has stripped eight Jewish non-profits of their charitable status over the past three years, MAC continues to operate as a registered charity and receive significant funds from the federal government.

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