The US Senate Finance Committee has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its records on more than two-dozen Muslim charities and organizations as part of an investigation into possible links between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and terrorist financing networks.
Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and ranking Democrat Max Baucus sent a letter to the IRS last month requesting tax returns, donor lists, applications for tax-exempt status, and all materials from examinations, audits and criminal investigations. Grassley and Baucus asked the IRS to deliver the requested information to the Senate by February 20.
An attachment to the letter names 25 specific organizations, including Global Relief Foundation, Benevolence International Foundation, Islamic Association for Palestine and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. — (menareport.com)
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