A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group’s conference at the last minute after a protest group claimed the coalition was promoting Hamas, terrorism and antisemitism.
The South Florida Muslim Federation, a coalition of about 30 mosques and Islamic groups, said Friday that it was told by the Marriott Coral Springs Hotel and Convention Center that its conference was being canceled because of security concerns after it received 100 calls demanding it bars the group. This weekend’s second annual conference was expected to draw more than a thousand people.
Kakli said that even before Marriott raised security concerns, his group hired Coral Springs police officers and private guards for protection. He said he told Marriott that the federation would hire more, but was rebuffed.
Kakli denied that he or his group supports terrorism or antisemitism. He said those accusations are often made against Muslims who criticize Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and its treatment of Gaza to strip them and their arguments of legitimacy.
Seems like the people calling with these implicit threats are the ones who are disseminating terror
It’s probably one or two total losers.
The losers are the rest of us who can’t live freely because of the threat of right wing terrorism
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Just made me think about the type of people that would do this.
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They’ll of course cancel any Christian conferences if people protest that the insurrectionists were largely Christians, right? Right?
No, they send the national guard to defend the insurrection. Because it’s the white thing to do
The terrorists won in Florida.
They win in Australia by holding massive protests calling for Jews to be exterminated and our government protects them. Which reality do you prefer?
You’re suggesting that the group trying to have a conference in Florida is tied to whatever zionist bullshit you’re spouting about Australia?
Or are you suggesting that simply being Muslim is a reason to think they’re anti-semetic?
Or are you suggesting that we have to pick either jews or muslims?
Or are you suggesting that the conference deserved the threats of violence?
Op was suggesting that you should be happy with the level of intolerance that the event shows, with a lightly implied “or else it could get worse”
Land of the freee
Land of the Reeeeeeepublicans
Whoever told you that was your enemy
How much is Florida full of s****y people?!
The blame should go to the idiots who made the calls.
I don’t fault the hotel for wanting to stay out of any controversy. They are a business that offers a safe place to stay. I wouldn’t want to endanger my other guests or cause concern over any possible protests.
So we’ve progressed from Cancel Culture to Cancel Terrorism? Threats to judges, prosecutors, politicians and now hotels. Cowards
Here’s what makes this weird though. I looked up the owners of that hotel.
An entity controlled by Malik Abdulnoor and Sahir Malki Abdulnoor bought the four-story, 110-room hotel at 620 North University Drive in Coral Springs, according to records and Vizzda. The deal breaks down to roughly $155,000 per room.
They have Middle Eastern names and they’re from Michigan. That makes them highly likely to be Muslims.
I’m not saying this would be the first time someone chose money or power over their religion, but you must admit that makes it weird.
might be as simple as „hey if you host those terrorists we proud boys are going to be there“
How long before sea level rise just submerges Florida?
Too long