Commission to establish faith advisory group

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 23 May 2008

The Charity Commission is to set up a group of "critical friends" to advise its Faith and Social Cohesion Unit amid fears that the unit is being perceived as either favouring or singling out Muslim charities.

The proposal to set up a group of about 15 people drawn from all major faiths, as well as experts on faith-related matters, was approved by the commission’s board on 21 May. The FCSU was set up last November with a £600,000 grant from the Department for Communities and Local...

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