From: Kirsty Weakley Civil Society UK, on May 9, 2014
A prominent Muslim charity leader has warned the Charity Commission that scrutiny is falling “disproportionately” on Muslim charities because of counter-terror legislation.
Abdurahman Sharif, operations manager at the Muslim Charities Forum, an umbrella body for Muslim charities, told Civil Society News that since 2001, when new counter-terrorism legislation came to force, charities have been under increased scrutiny.
“Disproportionately, this burden of suspicion has fallen upon Muslim charities, whose activities, funding streams and financial transactions have been unreasonably scrutinised,” he said.
Following government scrutiny of the Charity Commission last year he said “there has been a perception that Islamic charities have been targeted in terms of inquires”.
He said: “There has to be a balance between the regulatory activity of the Commission and the work it does supporting the sector.”
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