▁groups . ▁It ▁recommended ▁that ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁increase ▁its ▁o vers ight ▁of ▁domestic ▁hal al ▁cert ifiers ▁to ▁address ▁fra ud ul ent ▁conduct ▁in ▁the ▁sector . ▁It ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁heard , ▁" cred ible ▁reports ▁suggesting ▁that ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁reg ulation ▁has ▁been ▁un sc rup ul ously ▁explo ited ". ▁In ▁tab ling ▁the ▁report , ▁committee ▁chairman ▁Sam ▁D ast y ari ▁said , ▁" Some ▁cert ifiers ▁are ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁sc amm ers ." ▁The ▁committee ▁recommended ▁a ▁single ▁hal al ▁cert ification ▁authority . ▁The ▁committee ▁in ▁recomm ending ▁clearer ▁lab elling , ▁specifically ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁meat ▁process ors ▁to ▁label ▁products ▁s our ced ▁from ▁animals ▁subject ▁to ▁religious ▁sla ugh ter . ▁▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁fund ra iser ▁On ▁ 9 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁Q ▁Society ▁held ▁a ▁fund ra ising ▁dinner , ▁which ▁they ▁described ▁as ▁Def ending ▁Fre edom ▁of ▁Spe ech , ▁that ▁drew ▁w ides p read ▁criticism ▁after ▁Islam oph ob ia ▁and ▁hom oph ob ia ▁were ▁documented . ▁For ▁example , ▁guest ▁speaker ▁Larry ▁Pick ering ▁stated ▁" If ▁they ▁( Mus lim s ) ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁street ▁as ▁me , ▁I ▁start ▁sh aking " ▁and ▁" They ▁are ▁not ▁all ▁bad , ▁they ▁do ▁ch uck ▁pill ow - bit ers ▁off ▁buildings " ▁adding ▁" I ▁can ' t ▁stand ▁Muslim s ". ▁The ▁cart oon ist