Muslim Association of Canada (MAC)

Muslim groups urge government to abolish the CRA’s terror-financing unit Canada’s national security watchdog review is being used to pressure the government to curtail or abolish the unit responsible for monitoring terror-financing risks within the charitable sector.

October 30, 2025 Melanie Bennet

(Juno News) Canada’s national security watchdog review is being used to pressure the government to curtail or abolish the unit responsible for monitoring terror-financing risks within the charitable sector on the grounds that its work constitutes “systemic Islamophobia.” The National Security and […]

CRA couldn’t justify why it was auditing Muslim charities: report Intelligence watchdog finds many groups lacked 'credible risks of terrorist abuse'

October 2, 2025 Catharine Tunney

(CBC) The Canada Revenue Agency could not always justify why it audited certain charities for potential terrorism links, raising the possibility that its decisions “are driven by bias and discrimination,” one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs concluded after a lengthy investigation. The […]

Ford govt accredited Islamic college despite audit alleging parent org had Muslim Brotherhood links A sealed Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audit raised concerns about the Canadian Islamic College's parent organization's fundraising activities

September 24, 2025 Melanie Bennet

(Juno News) Ontario’s Ford government has accredited the Canadian Islamic College (CIC) — a new private institution launched by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC). The accreditation took place despite a sealed CRA audit raising concerns about MAC’s fundraising activities. The college […]

Elghawaby denies contact with Muslim lobby group after conference photos emerge

September 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Western Standard) Cabinet’s $191,000-a-year special representative on combating Islamophobia insists she had no correspondence with the Muslim Association of Canada, despite being photographed at the group’s June 6 conference where its chair accused Israel of committing genocide. “No records exist,” Amira Elghawaby’s […]

‘Growing influence’ of Muslim Brotherhood in Canada, report warns Charles Small, of ISGAP, stated that organizations linked to the Brotherhood are 'undermining Canadian democracy itself.'

August 1, 2025 Aaron Bandler

(JNS) Canadian organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood have masqueraded “as charitable or humanitarian organizations” and funneled millions of dollars toward supporting Hamas, according to a report published in late June by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. […]

Report warns of growing Muslim Brotherhood influence in Canada, calls for terrorist designation

July 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Western Standard) A new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) warns that Canada faces an escalating national security threat from Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations that have embedded themselves across civil society, politics, academia, and finance. The […]

Extremists to headline Muslim Association of Canada’s ‘Turning the Tides’ convention

April 30, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Honest Reporting) An upcoming convention by one of Canada’s biggest Muslim organizations features a roster of a who’s who of anti-Israel and, in our view, anti-Jewish extremists. The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), a registered Canadian charity which received millions of dollars […]

Muslim charity calls court ruling on audit a green light for government overreach Muslim charity disappointed by ruling over audit

July 16, 2024 Jim Bronskill

(Canadian Press) A major Muslim charity is calling a new court ruling a green light for government overreach after losing its latest bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit. The Muslim Association of Canada says the Ontario Court of Appeal decision […]

Judge rejects federal bid to recoup legal expenses in Muslim charity court case Judge rejects federal bid to recoup legal expenses

January 4, 2024 Jim Bronskill

(Canadian Press) A judge has rejected the federal government’s request to recover legal costs it incurred during a major Muslim charity’s court bid to halt an audit of its activities. In his ruling, handed down last month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Markus […]

CRA alleged Muslim Association involved with Hamas support network

November 13, 2023 Joel Goldenberg

(Suburban) The Canada Revenue Agency alleged in March 2021 that some directors and employees of the federally funded Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) have been involved in … “an apparent Hamas support network.” The CRA, which visited the organization 30 times and […]

‘It’s a new party’: How Conservatives try to rebuild trust among Muslim communities

October 4, 2023 Stephanie Taylor

(Canadian Press) When Pierre Poilievre pitches the Conservative party to Muslim Canadians, he talks about “faith, family and freedom.” For months he has been pointing out what he sees as their overlapping values during visits to mosques, at community celebrations, with businesses […]

Judge expresses sympathy, but rules audit of Muslim charity should run its course

September 14, 2023 Jim Bronskill

(Canadian Press) An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a major Muslim charity’s bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit, saying it is too early to intervene in the federal examination. In his ruling, Justice Markus Koehnen said while he is […]

Antisemitic Egyptian sheikh was to be hosted by Ottawa-funded Muslim group Nashaat Ahmed was pulled from the speaker list of the Muslim Association of Canada's annual convention after inquiries from the Post

September 1, 2023 Terry Glavin

(National Post) Another year, another conference, another tableau of speakers associated with antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny and hatred. The convening organization is not the grotesque Goyim Defense League, a Hitler-admiring American neo-fascist groupuscule linked to a spate of graffiti, leaflets and posters the […]

Muslim groups ask court to quash Quebec’s ‘discriminatory’ school prayer ban The ban violates 'the fundamental rights of minors and adults in terms of their freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, but also individuals' right of association,' the organizations argue.

May 17, 2023 Andy Riga

(Montreal Gazette) Six Muslim groups are asking a Quebec court to declare unconstitutional a new provincial edict that bans religious activity in public schools. In a lawsuit filed this week, the groups asked Quebec Superior Court to “declare constitutionally invalid, inapplicable, inoperative […]

Muslim charity alleges systemic bias in bid to halt revenue agency’s ‘tainted’ audit

April 3, 2023 Jim Bronskill

(Canadian Press) A grassroots Muslim charity is pointing to internal Canada Revenue Agency documents in a bid to persuade an Ontario court that a long-running federal audit is fundamentally tainted by systemic bias and Islamophobia. The Muslim Association of Canada wants the […]

Intelligence watchdog investigating CRA following Islamophobia claims CRA division is tasked with making sure registered charities aren't being used to finance terrorism

March 14, 2023 Catharine Tunney

(CBC) One of Canada’s intelligence review bodies has launched an investigation into the Canada Revenue Agency’s work on charities in response to allegations of bias and Islamophobia. On Tuesday, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) — the watchdog set up to monitor the activities […]

Student seen ripping pages from Qur’an ‘a concerning incident of Islamophobia,’ says Ontario school board Video circulating on social media appeared to show boy tearing pages and crumpling them

March 10, 2023 Sara Jabakhanji

(CBC) Students at a high school east of Oshawa, Ont., are taking their concerns to the school board after a video appearing to show a student tearing up pages from a Qur’an and crumpling them up began to circulate last week. School […]

Pro-Palestinians, pro-Israelis clash on Canada Day at kosher stores The pro-Palestinian protestors had gone to the plaza to confront the former leader of the Canadian JDL.

July 4, 2022 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) Canadian supporters of Israel and the Palestinians clashed in the Thornhill suburb of Toronto on Friday in front of a shopping plaza with mainly kosher stores. According to Melissa Lantsman, a member of Parliament representing Thornhill, pro-Palestinian protesters had gathered […]

Government-funded Canada Muslim org hosts anti-LGBTQ, pro-terrorism speakers One speaker has said in the past that all homosexuals deserve the death penalty, and another praised terrorist attacks from the recent terrorism wave in Israel.

July 1, 2022 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) Featured speakers who have supported terrorism, antisemitic conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments are being hosted at a Friday Toronto convention by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), which has received millions of dollars in funding from the Canadian government for […]

National Muslim charity launching legal challenge of CRA audit, calling it Islamophobic Ottawa has pledged to address Islamophobia within the federal government

April 13, 2022 Nick Boisvert

(CBC) A national charity that describes itself as Canada’s largest grassroots Muslim organization is launching a Charter of Rights challenge against the Canada Revenue Agency, claiming that a years-long audit of the charity has been tainted by bias and Islamophobia. The Muslim Association […]

New online resources launched to help Ontario schools combat Islamophobia

December 2, 2021 Maan Alhmidi

(Canadian Press) Ontario students and teachers now have access to a set of online resources aimed at combating Islamophobia in schools. The Muslim Association of Canada, a national non-profit organization, launched a website Thursday that features three courses, four workshops and six […]

Canadian Muslim group calls for special envoy to tackle Islamophobia

September 8, 2021 Nathan Sager

(Insauga.com) A Canadian Muslim advocacy group is adding its voice to a call for all federal parties to support the creation of a special office to try to dismantle the rising Islamophobia in Canada. On Wednesday afternoon, the National Council of Canadian […]

Top Canadian Jewish group ‘shocked’ at Muslim student organization’s invite to speaker who expressed ‘genocidal antisemitism’

August 5, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) A top Canadian Jewish group expressed deep concern on Thursday regarding a speaker at a scheduled conference of Muslim students who has expressed violently antisemitic sentiments. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) described the invitation to cleric Tareq Al-Suwaidan […]

Ontario gives $300K to Muslim organizations to help combat Islamophobia in schools

June 29, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Canadian Press) Ontario announced funding on Tuesday for educational programs to help fight Islamophobia, which police believe was the motive behind a vehicle attack that killed four members of a Muslim family. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said $225,000 will go to the […]

‘Get your voices heard’: Campaign seeks to drive Canadian Muslims to vote Get Out the Vote initiative hopes to mobilize Muslim voters in Calgary to hit advance polls.

October 12, 2019 Hannah Kost

(CBC) The Canadian-Muslim Vote (TCMV) launched its Muslim Vote Weekend campaign on Friday, and Calgary’s Al Salam Centre took part. Featuring “Get Out the Vote” civic engagements and sermons in more than 100 mosques across Canada, the campaign is a partnership with the Muslim […]