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Steven Emerson,
Executive Director
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October 28, 2014
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Ottawa
Police Services Reach Out to Islamist Groups After Attack
by IPT News • Oct 28, 2014 at
5:39 pm
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Just after last week's terrorist attacks in Ottawa, the city's police chief
Charles Bordeleau reached out to various Muslim leaders and organizations
with questionable ties to radical organizations including the Muslim
Brotherhood and Hamas, according to a report produced by the Canadian website Point De
Bascule.
Sikhander Hashmi, the imam at the Kanata Muslim Association (KMA),
acknowledged that Bordeleau contacted him to reassure the Muslim community
in case of "backlash" from the terrorist attack. This perceived
"backlash" remains to be seen. More significantly, the Ottawa
Police Service overlooks connections between Hahsmi's organization and the
Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure in Ottawa. That includes money it
transferred to the Hamas-linked IRFAN-Canada in 2010, according to the
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
IRFAN-Canada lost its charity status in 2011 following a CRA audit
that exposed the organization as an "integral part" in Hamas'
international fundraising infrastructure. The donations in question were
sent between 2005 and 2009. Canadian authorities designated IRFAN-Canada as a terrorist organization
earlier this year after determining the charity served as a front for
Hamas, transferring close to $15 million to the terrorist organization.
The KMA also transferred money to the Islamic Circle of North America
(ICNA), an organization linked to the Pakistani Jammat-e-Islami.
Moreover, Chief Bordeleau previously met with other controversial Muslim
leaders in Ottawa. In January 2013, he met with Jalil Marhnouj, vice
president of the Assunnah Muslims Association and other leaders affiliated
with the Muslim Brotherhood network in Canada. The Assunnah Muslims
Association transferred $29,880 to IRFAN.
Despite the Canadian government's acknowledged link between the National
Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and Hamas, the Ottawa Police Service
maintains an extensive relationship with the controversial group. The NCCM,
formerly known as CAIR-CAN, has trained Ottawa Police officers since
February 2002, according to a Senate Committee testimony provided by a
former Ottawa police chief. The NCCM is a recognized affiliate of CAIR,
which has been identified by the FBI as part of a Hamas-support network in the United States.
Click here for the full Point De Bascule.
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