Executive Director of Canadian Council of Imams, Imam Sikander Hashmi, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims is pressing the federal government to respond to a national-security watchdog report this month that raised questions about which charities the Canada Revenue Agency was selecting for audits over terrorism concerns.

The organization wants Ottawa to bolster independent oversight over the CRA, implement all recommendations of the watchdog report and scrap the agency division that focuses on risks of terrorism financing through registered charities.

Sikander Hashmi, an Ottawa imam, told a Parliament Hill news conference on Thursday that the community’s concerns are not about a few mistakes, but continuing issues with the Review and Anal

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