1. Federal regulators have taken the highly unusual step of revoking the charity status of a mosque for promoting intolerance. globalnews.ca/news/4373959/o…
2. According to Charities Branch records obtained by @globalnews the Assalam mosque hosted speakers who expressed views that were "misogynistic, homophobic, racist and/or promote violence."
3. The views of the mosque's guest speakers, identified here, "may be incongruous with the concept of public benefit" required of charities, the Canada Revenue Agency wrote in a letter to the president. 
4. The decision is significant because it asserts that charities must exercise due diligence regarding the views expressed by speakers.
5. The CRA reviewed a sample of mosque speakers and found some of them had expressed views that were problematic.
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7. The current board said the problems dated back to a time the mosque was controlled by two individuals who resigned after it became known in the community that CSIS was asking about them.
8. The board took responsibility and said it had made changes but the CRA disagreed and proceeded with the revocation, which came into effect July 14.
9. Mosque board members said they were devastated by the decision, which was announced here. apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch… The CRA documents (some of which are embedded in the online story) were declassified and released following a request by @globalnews
10. The mosque said CSIS was asking about 2 board members in 2013. The local Liberal MP was photographed at the mosque at Eid celebrations that year. Trudeau later appointed to him a sensitive post: chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.
