According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen on May 8, 2011 a Canadian charity that was recently revoked, was revoked because of involvement with terrorism. On globalphilanthropy.ca we noted on April 21, 2011 that the WORLD ISLAMIC CALL SOCIETY had been revoked although there was almost no details available as to why https://www.canadiancharitylaw.ca/uploads/Canadian_Charities_Recently_Revoked_by_CRA_for_cause_-_April_2011.pdf The Ottawa Citizen article sheds quite a bit of light on the organization.
Gadhafi charity in Canada linked to terrorism: Government revokes status of World Islamic Call Society
By Gary Dimmock, Ottawa Citizen May 7, 2011
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Gadhafi+charity+Canada+linked+terrorism/4743055/story.html
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