Intolerant charities are 'a matter for the police'

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector, 18 July 2007

Religious charities that preach hatred or intolerance are a matter for the police, and will not necessarily be removed from the charities register, according to Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the Charity Commission.

Leather told a meeting of the Public Administration Select Committee last week that it was not in the commission's remit to make judgements about different faiths. "It's perfectly within charitable law for religious organisations to have tenets of faith that not everyone in society agrees with," she said. "There's a...

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