Canadian Mosques and Intelligence Agency informers

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Some Muslims worry the quality of information provided to the spy agency may be compromised by an informant’s desire for income. Others complain that tipoffs may be based less on fact than personal vendettas. “People know that if I don’t like you, I can say you’re involved in terror activity and they have to investigate,” said Abdul Hai Patel, head of the Canadian Islamic Council of Imams.

Mr. Patel recalls an incident last year where a Muslim woman tried to divorce her husband. The proceedings turned acrimonious when the husband would not grant the woman a divorce – he called the RCMP to claim the woman’s brother was involved in terrorist activity. The police found no evidence to back that claim.

“It has become a tool of revenge in the community,” Mr. Patel said.