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Senate Seeks Confidential IRS Records From Muslim Groups

HeadlineJan 14, 2004

The Washington Post is reporting the Senate Finance Committee is asking the Internal Revenue Service to hand over confidential tax and financial records including donor lists on dozens of Muslim charities and foundations. The Committee is making the rare request allegedly as part of an investigation into whether any tax-exempt organizations in the United States have ties to designated terrorist groups. Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said of the Senate request for IRS records, Are they now going to start a witch hunt of all the donors of these now closed relief organizations, so that Muslims feel they’re going to be targeted once more based on their charitable giving?” Among the groups targeted are the SAAR Foundation, Global Relief, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the Muslim World League, the World Assembly of Muslim Youth and the Islamic Society of North America.

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