( CNN ) Two U.K. charities have stopped funding a Muslim advocacy group that had earlier helped ISIS 's masked murderer `` Jihadi John , '' now identified as Mohammed Emwazi , before his radicalization , the group said . The human rights and advocacy group CAGE in London said it accepted the loss of funding from the Roddick Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust . But CAGE blamed a `` neo-conservative '' leadership on the U.K. 's Charity Commission for pressuring the two charities to halt funding . `` We respect their decision . We thank them for their past support . Both of these charities have played a significant role in contributing to the development of Muslim civil society here in the UK , '' CAGE spokesperson Amandla Thomas-Johnson said Friday . The termination of funding came after the Charity Commission `` took robust action '' and cited how `` public statements by CAGE officials heightened concerns about the use of charitable funds to support their activities , '' the commission said in a statement . The commission did n't specify those statements by CAGE , but stated that `` in our view , those statements increased the threat to public trust and confidence in charity and raised clear questions for a charity considering funding CAGE 's activities as to how the trustees of those charities could comply with their legal duties as charity trustees , '' the commission said . `` CAGE is not a charity but has been in part funded by British charities . As it is not a charity and given the nature of its work , and the controversy it has attracted , the Charity Commission has been concerned that such funding risked damaging public trust and confidence in charity , '' the commission said . `` As the regulator of charities , we expect all charities and trustees to ensure that all charitable funds are used according to their charity 's purposes and in the way that the public would expect , '' the commission said . CAGE said it had worked with Emwazi and indicated that British authorities ' tactics pushed him to radicalize . CAGE said that emails he sent the organization paint a picture of a desperate man hounded by authorities who saw his plans for a new life crumble as he tried unsuccessfully to get help . Emwazi felt he was being harassed by authorities and tried to seek legal help to stop it , according to CAGE . Emwazi , a Kuwaiti-born Londoner , was a `` polite '' and `` beautiful young man '' who would drop into the CAGE office with treats to thank the group for helping him , the group said . Emwazi came to CAGE in 2009 looking for support when he felt that British authorities were -- in the words of Asim Qureshi , CAGE 's research director -- `` harassing '' him . But Emwazi has now been identified by U.S. officials as the masked man in ISIS videos showing beheadings of Western hostages . More than a dozen British administrative court documents obtained by CNN reveal British security services initially believed Emwazi was part of a radical West London recruitment network for terrorist groups in East Africa . The two charities gave sizeable funds to CAGE . The Rowntree Charitable Trust has given 271,250 British pounds , or almost $ 408,000 , to CAGE since 2007 , the commission said . The trust had pledged a total of 305,000 pounds , or almost $ 459,000 , the commission said . The Roddick Foundation gave CAGE of 120,000 pounds , or more than $ 180,000 between 2009 and 2012 , the commission said . In acknowledging the funding losses , CAGE criticized the commission . `` This is just another manifestation of their objective of pursuing a Cold War on British Islam , '' Thomas-Johnson said . `` CAGE will remain committed to its principle of speaking truth to power and calling for accountability and transparency . We will not hesitate in performing our role as whistleblowers and as advocates for due process . '' Supporters of CAGE tweeted their criticism of the Charity Commission and the two philanthropies ' decision to terminate funding . One supporter remarked that `` if @ UK_CAGE is not there to provide us with a counter-narrative when it comes to 'radicalization ' ... . who will ? ! '' The commission said it will soon conclude its `` open cases '' into the two charities and publish a report and lessons `` for other charities which fund non-charitable bodies . ''
UK Charity Commission takes `` robust action '' against Muslim advocacy group CAGE . Two charities under commission 's regulation no longer fund CAGE . Score: 6