Report Launch: Humanitarianism and the Exclusion of Muslim Charities from the Financial Sector: Unintended Consequences of Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing, and Sanctions Regime

Date: May 2, 2026 | Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS)
Room 3230, Maanjiwe nendamowinan (MN)
UTM Campus

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In 2021, the Institute of Islamic Studies published Under Layered Suspicion, by IIS Director Anver M. Emon and Nadia Z. Hasan (YorkU), examining CRA audits of Muslim charities.  That report was followed by another from the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, and together they contributed—along with public advocacy and litigation—to federal reviews of CRA audits by the Office of the Taxpayers Ombudsperson and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.  That generation of scholarship (Charities 1.0) centred on the CRA and its audit practices.  

On May 2, 2026, the IIS will publish the next generation of research (Charities 2.0) entitled Humanitarianism and the Exclusion of Muslim Charities from the Financial Sector: Unintended Consequences of Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing, and Sanctions Regime. Please join report author IIS Director Anver Emon for an introduction to the research, and a discussion facilitated by Khaled Al-Qazzaz, executive director of the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC).