With the Islamic holy month of Ramadan looming, Muslims in Detroit met with officials from the federal Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes to discuss and clarify policies on international donations, reports The Detroit News.

In a heated debate, Muslims sought assurance that donations to federally sanctioned charities would not result in prosecution if those groups later were deemed by the United States to be fronts for terrorism. Federal officials have raided three Detroit-area Muslim charities in the past year, and though the government has alleged that one has ties to terrorist groups, no people have been charged with crimes.

In related news, the Associated Press reports that a former senior U.S. diplomat testified in a Dallas case against a Muslim charity that Israeli intelligence that was used to target Palestinian groups was often faulty.

The testimony counters the prosecution’s case, buttressed by the testimony of an Israeli official, that the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development knowingly provided funds for hospitals and schools run by Hamas, a Palestinian group the United States has designated as terrorist.