June 26, 2025 – The Liberty Values & Strategy Foundation (LVSF) today issued a comprehensive assessment expressing grave concern following the publication of a landmark investigative report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). The report, entitled "We Stand on Guard for Thee? The Growing Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on Politics, Academia, and Civil Society in Canada," presents compelling evidence of systematic institutional infiltration by extremist networks and the corresponding deterioration of Canada's security architecture.

The ISGAP research documents an unprecedented convergence of national security vulnerabilities, including the systematic penetration of democratic institutions by organizations with documented terrorist affiliations, the weaponization of academic and civil society platforms for extremist recruitment, and the establishment of sophisticated financial networks facilitating international terrorism financing operations.

Institutional Assessment and Strategic Implications

Liberty Values & Strategy Foundation's analysis of the ISGAP findings reveals several critical areas of institutional compromise that demand immediate scholarly and policy attention:

Democratic Institution Vulnerability: The report establishes that federally funded organizations with verified connections to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood have successfully embedded themselves within Canada's governmental, academic, and civil society infrastructure, representing a fundamental breach of democratic governance principles.

Academic Sector Radicalization: Canadian universities, including McGill University, Concordia University, University of Toronto, and York University, have experienced systematic transformation into platforms for coordinated antisemitic campaigns and anti-democratic mobilization, facilitated by organizations such as Samidoun and Students for Palestinian Human Rights operating under foreign influence networks.

Financial System Exploitation: The research demonstrates Canada's emergence as a critical node in international terrorism financing networks, with documented terror financing operations estimated at approximately C$180 million annually, facilitated by inadequate regulatory oversight and prosecution mechanisms.

Foreign State Penetration: Qatar's strategic infiltration through academic partnerships, religious institutional funding, and energy sector investments has created multiple vectors for hostile foreign influence, with Qatar Charity and Eid Charity transferring millions to Canadian Islamic organizations despite documented connections to U.S. Treasury-designated terrorist fundraising networks.

Executive Leadership Statement

Dr. Fundji Benedict, Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Values & Strategy Foundation, provided the following assessment: "As an academic who has lived and studied extensively in Canada, I must express my profound concern for the safety and security of my Canadian colleagues, friends, and family members given the documented expansion of Muslim Brotherhood networks, the operational activities of organizations such as Samidoun, and the exponential escalation of antisemitic extremism across Canadian society. The ISGAP report presents irrefutable evidence that Canada's foundational commitment to pluralistic democracy and tolerance is being systematically exploited and weaponized against the very communities and values it was designed to protect."

Dr. Benedict continued: "The research demonstrates that what we are witnessing represents not merely isolated incidents of extremism, but rather a coordinated, well-funded, and strategically implemented campaign to destabilize Canadian democratic institutions from within. The documented 670% increase in antisemitic incidents following October 7, 2023, combined with intelligence assessments indicating imminent terrorist attack potential, constitutes a clear and present danger to Canadian national security that demands immediate, comprehensive, and sustained institutional response."

Critical Organizational Networks Identified

The ISGAP research identifies six primary organizations constituting the core of Canada's Muslim Brotherhood network infrastructure, several of which continue to receive federal funding despite documented extremist affiliations: the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), Islamic Relief Canada (IRC), Arab Medical Union, Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)-Canada, National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), and the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN-Canada).

The report's documentation of Prime Minister Mark Carney's participation in events hosted by the Muslim Association of Canada—an organization receiving millions from Qatar Charity with established Hamas and al-Qaeda connections—illustrates the extent to which extremist networks have achieved mainstream political legitimacy despite their documented terrorist affiliations.

Intelligence Community Validation

The Foundation notes that declassified assessments from Canada's Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC) corroborate the ISGAP findings, with intelligence officials determining that escalating antisemitism creates conditions where terrorist attacks could occur "at any time" with "antisemitism as overwhelmingly the motivating factor".

Institutional Policy Recommendations

Liberty Values & Strategy Foundation calls upon Canadian governmental, academic, and civil society institutions to implement immediate comprehensive reforms:

1. Initiate Parliamentary Investigation: Establish a comprehensive national security inquiry examining all organizations identified in the ISGAP report, with particular focus on funding sources, operational activities, and institutional relationships.
2. Implement Financial Oversight Mechanisms: Suspend federal grants and charitable status designations for all entities under extremist or terrorism financing investigation pending comprehensive security assessments.
3. Strengthen Academic Institution Governance: Develop robust oversight frameworks preventing hostile foreign influence operations within university systems, including transparency requirements for international partnerships and funding arrangements.
4. Enhance Law Enforcement Capabilities: Allocate additional resources for prosecuting money laundering, sanctions evasion, and terrorism financing cases while strengthening inter-agency coordination mechanisms.
5. Establish Counter-Extremism Research Infrastructure: Create dedicated academic research centers focused on identifying, analyzing, and countering extremist network operations within democratic societies.

Conclusion

The Liberty Values & Strategy Foundation emphasizes that the ISGAP report represents more than an academic exercise—it constitutes a critical national security briefing that demands immediate institutional response. The documented penetration of Canada's democratic institutions by extremist networks represents a fundamental challenge to the country's security architecture and democratic governance systems.

The Foundation calls upon all stakeholders—governmental, academic, civil society, and private sector—to recognize the gravity of these findings and commit to the sustained, coordinated effort required to preserve Canada's democratic institutions and protect vulnerable communities from extremist violence.

The complete ISGAP report "We Stand on Guard for Thee? The Growing Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on Politics, Academia, and Civil Society in Canada" is available at: https://isgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Canada_Report_Final_250626_EN_Final.pdf