“Many of the views expressed by the organization’s speakers are misogynistic, homophobic, racist and/or promote violence,” the @CanRevAgency Charities Branch wrote in a letter sent to the mosque president.
It means the mosque no longer benefits from the #tax advantages enjoyed by government-registered charities. Foremost, it cannot issue receipts allowing donors to claim their contributions as income tax deductions.
Mosque board members said they were devastated by the decision, which was announced below 👇🏼 The CRA documents (some of which are embedded in the online story) were declassified and released following a request by @globalnews@StewartBellNP apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch…
The #CRA documents singled out Abu Usamah At-thahabi, Bilal Philips, Hakkeem Quick and Saed Rageah — all of whom had spoken at the #Ottawa mosque one or more times.
According to the #CRA, At-thahabi has called women deficient, said Christians and #Jews were enemies, spoke about throwing #homosexuals off a mountain and said those who left the #Islamic faith should be killed.
#BilalPhilips has been denied entry to several countries and has been described as “anti-Semitic, intolerant and contrary to integration,” the #CRA wrote.
In a video described in the #CRA documents, #BilalPhilips said #Islam was opposed to #terrorism but “does not shrink from using violence to gain some of its ends, to establish itself in certain areas/to gain control of Muslim lands.”
#AbdullahHakim Quick had “advocated for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in #Jerusalem to be liberated from the ‘filth’ of the Jews” and was condemned by the #NewZealand Broadcasting Authority in 2004 for what was termed “hate speech” towards homosexuals, the #CRA said.
#SaeedRageah runs a #Toronto Islamic centre. The #CRA quoted an Australian newspaper report that said he had been denied entry to the country and “displayed anti-Western and homophobic attitudes.”
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Very young and passionate | condolences to their families and friends @TOLOnews
Samim Faramarz, a passionate journalist for @TOLOnews, was killed in #Kabul yesterday while covering an earlier suicide bombing at a wrestling stadium in largely #Shiite Hazara area, Dasht-e Barchi. Here Samim taking a photo with school girls in Herat, in July via @andrewquilty
“#Emirates can confirm that all passengers have disembarked from flight #EK203. All passengers were screened by the local health authorities prior to disembarkation and 3 passengers and 7 crew were transferred to the hospital for further medical care and evaluation. “ 1/5
“Nine passengers underwent additional medical screening at the site near the aircraft and were released afterwards. The rest of the passengers were allowed to leave and clear customs.” 2/5
JUST IN: @Twitter CEO @Jack Dorsey says in prepared testimony to Congress: ' #Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions'.
He is due to appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday 5th Sept 2018. @CNBCnow
#Qeshm Fars Air, an Iranian civil aviation company, is suspected of smuggling arms into #Lebanon, destined for the militant group #Hezbollah and #Iranian weapons factories.
On July 9, involved a #Boeing 747 that departed from an air force base in #Tehran, stopped for a short layover at the international airport in #Damascus, #Syria,
The U.S. #taxpayer contributed $364 million in 2017, about one-third of the total #UNRWA budget, almost triple the #EU contribution and by far the most from any single UNRWA donor.
President @realDonaldTrump should pick up the phone — or get on @Twitter — and tell #Qatari Emir @TamimBinHamad that the #US won't use expanded base facilities in Qatar and will consider relocating the U.S. military out of #Qatar entirely.
#Qatar's intent in constructing new facilities at #AlUdeid is about locking the U.S. into a long-term formal military presence in that nation.