A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls

BY TERRY SPENCER
Updated 4:25 PM EST, January 12, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — 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.

Hotels in Arizona and Virginia have also canceled Muslim conferences since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel, which sparked Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip and the ongoing war. Florida has also barred a pro-Palestinian student group from public universities.

Marriott’s decision “came out of nowhere and was a shock to the entire South Florida Muslim community,” federation President Samir Kakli said. He said numerous Muslim groups and families have held large conferences, weddings and other events at the Coral Springs Marriott without incident.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/florida-islam-israel-hamas-064f94bf09af0f6ff1e5c129d58c1257

[GiqueCee]

1. Pseudo-Christian conservaturds...

... would crucify The Nazz all over again, were He to appear in their midst. These people are the furthest thing from "Christian" that it is possible to be with sporting horns and a tail.
To paraphrase Mark Twain, I might not wish any of them dead, but there are certain obituaries I would read with great pleasure.

[Biophilic]

2. This is just wrong!!! We can't let the bullies win.

This is how they did it in Germany. Make people afraid. Cut people off from each other. Make people afraid of their neighbors. This is just wrong. And it scares me to death.

[slightlv]

3. Scares me, too....

and you can see exactly where they're heading - straight into Dominionist Theocracy. Everything you read, watch, buy, or consume in any way will be monitored... as well as your activities. There will be no freedom any longer, until we put these ignorant people back into the holes they came out of.

Barring that, I'm all for taking away American citizenship and letting them decide which of the theocracies most closely align with their philosophies. Because they sure don't belong among us decent people.

[cstanleytech]

4. I'm willing to wager that the vast majority Muslims do not support terrorists just like I am sure that

the vast majority of Christian, Protestant and Baptist in the US do not support terrorists that bomb clinics that perform abortions or assassinate doctors with sniper rifles that work at such clinics.