Muslim Association of Canada


The Muslim Association of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides religious and educational services for the Muslim community in Canada.
MAC operates in 11 Canadian cities, with a vision to establish an Islamic presence in Canada that is integrated within the social fabric and culture of Canada. MAC works to achieve its mission by building Muslim individuals through educational, who are spiritually connected, strongly grounded in their own faith, with an understanding of what Islam means in the modern world.
The association holds a joint annual conference with the Islamic Circle of North America.

Edmonton

, Alberta's main MAC resource is the MAC Islamic Center or Rahma Mosque, located in Southwest Edmonton. The mosque and center has a preschool, a Sunday school and a youth center. In May 2012, led by the MAC Islamic Center, MAC held a three-day convention that also included a concert given by Dawud Wharnsby.
They also run a private school in northwest Edmonton, the MAC Islamic School which covers pre-school to grade 4, and a preschool in north Edmonton, the Creative Minds Preschool.

Toronto

Located in Toronto, Ontario, MAC Toronto is a branch of MAC, providing religious and educational services for Muslims in the Greater Toronto Area.
MAC Toronto offer programs for communities in Toronto such as leadership training, Campus Halaqas, Islam awareness week Training and MYVoice - a quarterly magazine aimed at engaging Muslim youth.

MAC Toronto centers and mosques in Toronto

Located in Montreal, Quebec, MAC Montreal is the largest MAC chapter.

MAC centers and mosques in Montreal

During the 2000s, the Muslim Association of Canada donated a total sum of $296,514 to IRFAN-Canada, an organization now known to have ties to Hamas. Between 2005 and 2009, IRFAN-Canada transferred over 14.6 million dollars to groups that have ties with Hamas. IRFAN-Canada's charitable status was revoked in 2011 and it was dubbed a terrorist group by the Canadian Government on April 29, 2014. The Muslim Association of Canada released a statement indicating that once "the allegations that led to delisting as a charity" arose, it stopped all donations to IRFAN-Canada. Canadian government surveillance of transactions involving the Muslim Association of Canada continued until at least 2014.
Lorenzo Vidino, a U.S.-based security expert, has suggested that a number of Muslim-Canadian individuals and organizations, including the Muslim Association of Canada, have links to the Muslim Brotherhood.