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Joe Kaufman is the Chairman of Americans Against Hate and the host of the Politics of Terrorism radio show. Jeffrey Epstein is the President of the People’s Truth Forum. Here they detail some adventures with CAIR and the Marriott hotel chain that should be a matter of concern for us all. Some statements, they tell me, have been paraphrased for added clarity.
There are three distinct ways to deal with terrorism. One can fight it, in hopes of destroying it. One can join it, in hopes of strengthening it. Or one can deny its existence and hope for the best. By December 3, 2005, two Washington-area Marriott hotels will have chosen the latter, one turning away a counter-terrorism conference and one allowing an alleged terror front and an alleged coconspirator in a terrorist attack to use its facilities.Part 1: Ally Need Not Apply
Jeffrey Epstein, President of the People’s Truth Forum, October 19, 2005: “I would like to inquire as to what your event seating capacity is. I’m looking for something in the range of 1000 seats.”
Marriott Georgetown University Conference Hotel fit the bill for a symposium. Epstein met in Washington with Leah Mayo, who claimed to be the sales manager of the hotel. The purpose of the meeting was to sign the contract and provide a deposit check to secure the facility. A contract was written up. While minor details were being worked out, Mayo seemed to be getting overly anxious about something. As she paraded between her supervisor’s office and the meeting room, tensions started to rise. Without explanation, the meeting ended with nothing signed.
Patrick Hardy, Sales Manager for Marriott Georgetown, November 11, 2005: “I need to inform you that you will not be permitted to host your event on the hotel grounds, because your organization is not only too controversial, but the venue is not appropriate for this type of function. Marriott corporate headquarters was contacted about this and was supportive of our decision.”
Peter Cantone, General Manager for Marriott Georgetown, November 14, 2005: “Your event is too controversial to be held on the property. This decision is based upon business considerations, as the event would call for heightened security since protestors might be attracted from both the student body and off campus. I’m concerned that these protestors might block the main hotel entrance, leading to confrontations with hotel guests and/or room cancellations. Our decision was made due to the objectionable content on your group’s website. Marriott corporate headquarters did not play a role in our decision.”
The People's Truth Forum (PTF) is a non-partisan, fact-based organization founded with in order to educate the public on issues concerning national security. To do this, PTF creates panels and symposiums featuring only top experts in the field of counter-terrorism. PTF’s website is no more than a news clearinghouse that utilizes published stories from all mainstream media sources. There is nothing illegitimate about what this group does or with whom this group associates.
That said, why would this hotel -- a hotel that is part of an upstanding corporate chain -- bar a well-intentioned group such as this from using its facilities? What could make them so afraid? The answer came two days later.
Keith Thomas, Marriott Special Services Department, Corporate Headquarters, November 16, 2005: “Due to the high density of Muslim students on the Georgetown campus, members of the staff at Marriott Georgetown were afraid of the potential for violent protests, injured hotel employees and property damage. This is the official stance of the Marriott Corporation.”
Part 2: Room Service for the EnemyWhile Marriott Georgetown was barring PTF from hosting an event on its premises, another neighboring Marriott was allowing a very different group onto its grounds.
On its website, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group about which many questions have been asked about its alleged ties to terror groups, is proudly advertising its upcoming 11th Annual Banquet. The location: the Crystal Gateway Marriott, in beautiful Arlington, Virginia.
CAIR is a self-proclaimed Muslim advocacy group that has its roots in the Palestinian Hamas. CAIR’s parent organization, the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), was founded by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook. CAIR itself has had several of its officials convicted in and/or deported by the United States for terrorist activity. And CAIR is the defendant in a lawsuit put forward by the family of a lead FBI agent, for that agent’s murder during the September 11th attacks. Is this the type of organization the Marriott wants to permit entrance into its hotel?!
And not only is CAIR heading this “banquet,” but its bringing an alleged coconspirator of a terrorist operation, Siraj Wahhaj, to speak at the event as well!
Wahhaj is the imam of the At-Taqwa Mosque, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. But that’s not all he’s known for. Siraj Wahhaj’s claim to fame is that his name appears on a list of 171 potential coconspirators of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. The bombing, which resulted in the murders of six people, was part of a larger conspiracy that had targeted numerous landmarks and businesses throughout New York City. Amongst the other names on the list are Osama bin Laden, bin Laden’s mentor Abdullah Azzam, and Fawaz Damra, an individual who will soon be deported for his involvement in Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Prior to the bombing, the leader of the ’93 conspiracy, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman (a.k.a. the Blind Sheikh), worshipped at Wahhaj’s mosque and was a featured speaker there. It was no strange occurrence that Wahhaj came forward as a character witness for Abdel Rahman during the trial against the Sheikh. He took the stand and lauded Abdel Rahman, describing him as a “respected scholar.” Another worshipper at his mosque and convicted member of the bomb plot was Clement Rodney Hampton-El. Wahhaj described Hampton-El as being “one of the most respected brothers [of his congregation].”
Given all of this information (and much that did not make it into this article), why would the Marriott permit this event to take place?
Part 3: An American Wake-Up Call
Terrorism, as a worldwide epidemic, is a recent phenomenon. Because of this fact, many are unsure about how to handle the subject. In the case of the Marriott, its leadership has dealt with it by attempting to placate the enemy, and thereby, at least in the Marriot’s eyes, avoid the potential for conflict.
The Marriott rejects the People’s Truth Forum, due to the hotel chain’s belief that the counter-terror group is “too controversial” -- that if it allows the group to use its facilities on the Georgetown campus, young Muslims may riot and cause injury and destruction, as they recently did in France. Yet at the same time the Marriott has opened its arms to a group and an individual that are connected to terrorism and violence!
What does this say about our current state of affairs, when one of the largest American corporations -- out of fear of the unknown -- is willing to silence an ally and give voice to the enemy? It says that we, as a nation, are on a dangerous path that only starts with appeasement. It ends with our destruction. If the Marriott is a test case for the future consciousness of America, then we can be assured that we will have no future.
Epilogue
On August 5, 2003, a Marriott located in Jakarta, Indonesia, was the target of a monstrous explosion set off via a car bomb. 14 people were killed and nearly 150 injured, including two Americans. The terrorist that took his life, in order to achieve his goal, didn't
care about whether or not his sensibilities were being tended to. The
only thing he cared about was taking innocent lives with him.To what degree has our nation been compromised?
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Good to know.
If I can help it I will avoid booking the Mariott in the future.
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at December 2, 2005 7:17 AM
“Due to the high density of Muslim students on the Georgetown campus, members of the staff at Marriott Georgetown were afraid of the potential for violent protests, injured hotel employees and property damage. This is the official stance of the Marriott Corporation.”
But, but, but... they are the Religion of Peace! Why would the Marriott Corp expect violence?
Posted by: Gary at December 2, 2005 7:22 AM
The Marriott directors didn't think this through. We will see an upswing of the use of this tactic as the Marriott's conduct demonstrates to the Islamists that their campaign of fear of possible violence is working.
Appeasement brings only more appeasement and more violence until we have nothing left to give.
Posted by: epg at December 2, 2005 7:46 AM
RS, perhaps in this case only, a column with this type of content and such a compelling story should run simultaneously on Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch.
at December 2, 2005 8:24 AM
The implications are clear: the presence of Muslims in your country prevents your country's citizenry from being able to openly discuss issues of national security.
More visas, please...
Posted by: spect8or at December 2, 2005 9:16 AM
It probably won't make a bit of difference, but I intend to write to the Marriot and tell them just what I think of their ignorance and cowardice. I travel extensively and I will never stay in another Marriott Hotel.
Perhaps large protests should be orgainized for every CAIR or other Islamic fifth column convention in America, whether held at the Marriott or not. This cannot stand. If places like the Marriott will not allow anti-terror groups to meet but will provide, with no questions asked, a venue for terror-supporting groups, America indeed has no future. What could these people be thinking?
Posted by: Susanp at December 2, 2005 9:24 AM
It would be interesting to inquire about hotel bookings for the same conferences in different cities in New Jersey and Michigan where large populations of Muslims live. The same shows that feature the Natalee Halloway story night after night should pick up on this situation and put the Marriott Hotel chain on the hot seat. This could prove to be a very serious assault on the freedom of assembly in the long run.
Posted by: maryrose at December 2, 2005 9:33 AM
“Due to the high density of Muslim students on the Georgetown campus, members of the staff at Marriott Georgetown were afraid of the potential for violent protests, injured hotel employees and property damage. This is the official stance of the Marriott Corporation.”
So they fully admit, as the rest of us already know, that this is the way that Muslims are expected to behave if someone does the slightest thing they don't like. Yet these people do everything they can to appease them anyway. Just like the MSM are always telling us that Islam is religion of peace, without any evidence to back it up, and all the evidence pointing the other way. Why are we still putting up with this when even the appeasers will admit the truth. When a group makes a statement such as the one above, don't they realise that they are admitting just how bad our situation really is?
Posted by: calum at December 2, 2005 9:48 AM
Hey mates, For anyone who lives in cold weather and doesn't want to go outside, but still wants to go to the Circus:
News Releases
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Cair Launches Patriot Act Blog
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CAIR LAUNCHES PATRIOT ACT BLOG
Website focused on unsupervised surveillance powers
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/1/05) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today launched a "blog," or Internet journal, focusing on the negative civil liberties impact of the USA Patriot Act currently up for renewal in Congress.
CAIR's blog, located at http://cairpatriotact.blogspot.com/, offers information about the unsupervised domestic surveillance powers contained in the legislation and suggests ways in which voters can express their concerns to elected officials. It will be updated daily with new information. (Automatic updates can be sent to newsreader software using the Atom URL: http://cairpatriotact.blogspot.com/atom.xml For newsreader information, go to: http://www.atomenabled.org )
In 2003, CAIR joined five other advocacy and community groups in mounting a constitutional challenge to the section of the Patriot Act that vastly expanded the FBI's power to spy on ordinary people.
SEE: "CAIR Joins First Legal Challenge to Patriot Act"
http://cair.com/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=1018&theType=NR
Sixteen provisions of the Patriot Act are due to expire at the end of December. A House-Senate compromise on renewal was derailed just before Thanksgiving. The renewal process will be concluded within the next few weeks.
CAIR, which has long been working to include civil rights protections in the bill, says the Patriot Act provisions of greatest current concern are Sections 215 and 505.
Section 215 allows law enforcement to acquire a search warrant for "any tangible thing." It also forbids the warrant's recipient from telling anyone about the warrant. CAIR and other civil liberties groups support a Senate provision that would have required that the government show that a person whose records are sought has some connection to a terror suspect. Currently, law enforcement officials must merely say the records are needed for an ongoing investigation.
Under Section 505, National Security Letters (NSL) can be authorized by FBI field inspectors. NSLs allow access to such records as financial, business dealings, telephone calls, e-mails, web sites visited, and Internet searches. They do not require a judge's approval and are typically presented to employers or internet service providers who are then prohibited from informing anyone of the request, even their own lawyers. The Washington Post recently reported that 30,000 such letters are being issued annually. (The Justice Department has taken issue with that claim.)
"CAIR's new blog is part of our final push in an ongoing effort to make sure the renewed Patriot Act protects civil liberties, just as it seeks to protect national security," said CAIR Government Affairs Director Corey Saylor.
at December 2, 2005 10:02 AM
What are these wankers afraid of?
at December 2, 2005 10:03 AM
I too wrote a letter to Marriot. I heavily plageurized this article as it had all the facts that were relevant. I will post any reply I get from Marriot. Here is the body of the e-mail I wrote:
"I read a commentary in which it was stated that Marriot Corporate denied The People's Truth Forum conference space based on the following: "Keith Thomas, Marriott Special Services Department, Corporate Headquarters, November 16, 2005: “Due to the high density of Muslim students on the Georgetown campus, members of the staff at Marriott Georgetown were afraid of the potential for violent protests, injured hotel employees and property damage. This is the official stance of the Marriott Corporation.”"
Yet, Marriot Corporation granted CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) accomadations in Arlington, VA at the Crystal Gateway Marriot. CAIR is a self-proclaimed Muslim advocacy group that has its roots in the Palestinian Hamas. CAIR’s parent organization, the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), was founded by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook. CAIR itself has had several of its officials convicted in and/or deported by the United States for terrorist activity.
I am extremely alarmed by this and interpret it as Marriot Corporation's condonement of terrorist activity against the United States. It would seem that Marriot Corporation has a policy of appeasement towards what Marriot has defined as "violent Muslim students", yet denies a conference concerning freeing everyone, including Marriot, from the need of that appeasement. Perhaps Marriot Corporation prefers subjugation rather than its right of freedom? If I am misled by this, please let me know. Until this situation is rectified, I can find no other option than to boycott Marriot facilities and encourage others to do so as well. I, as well as others following this issue, anxiously await your reply."
at December 2, 2005 10:12 AM
On the other hand, the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Tyson's Corner (conveniently situated halfway between Dulles Airport and DC) had no problem hosting the fundraiser for HAMAS moneyman Abdulhalim Ashqar and the recently convicted Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, CAIR's MD-VA fundraiser banquet, and CAIR's "Islamophobia" conference earlier this year.
Thanks to Rebecca for blogging on my post back in May - see http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/006287.php
Posted by: northernvirginiastan at December 2, 2005 10:22 AM
For those of you who may also wish to write Marriott as did Constantinople, here is their Corporate address.
Corporate Headquarters
Host Marriott Corporation
6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1500
Bethesda, MD 20817
(240) 744-1000
at December 2, 2005 10:32 AM
On October 1 the Marriott right next to George Washington Univerity was the site of an immigration reform conference spnsored by FAIR. Given the large number of foreign and immigrant students at GWU, I wonder how that one slipped by. Perhaps the hotel executive in charge of events misread the name and thought the first letter in FAIR was a "C".
Posted by: RBLA at December 2, 2005 10:36 AM
All together now: Boycott Marriott! Boycott Marriott! Boycott Marriott!
The only thing that frightens corporations is the threat of lost revenue. Rioting and bombing are distant seconds at best. Widespread loss of business is what will get their attention - we just need to get that revenue stream to begin ticking downward - 1%, 2%...heck, by 5% they'll fold.
Boycott Marriott! Boycott Marriott! Boycott Marriott!
Posted by: Rebecca JW at December 2, 2005 10:59 AM
And if you're not from the Southwest, you might attribute a certain meaning to the name "Ramada Inn." Don't worry. It's got nothing to do with what you think it might have something to do. Were it named, however, the Ramadan Inn, there would be no room at the inn, at that inn -- for you, you weary Infidel -- in any case.
Posted by: Hugh at December 2, 2005 11:54 AM
Send this to the sheep at the Marriott so they can see who it is they rent their space out to mates.
*Sen. Richard Durbin: "[CAIR is] unusual in its extreme rhetoric and its associations with groups that are suspect"
*Sen. Charles Schumer: "we know [CAIR] has ties to terrorism"
From Sept. 2003 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
"Since its founding in 1994, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its employees have combined, conspired, and agreed with third parties, including, but not limited to, the Islamic Association for Palestine (“IAP”), the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (“HLF”), the Global Relief Foundation (“GRF”), and foreign nationals hostile to the interests of the United States, to provide material support to known terrorist organizations, to advance the Hamas agenda, and to propagate radical Islam.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, and certain of its officers, directors, and employees, have acted in support of, and in furtherance of, this conspiracy."
at December 2, 2005 12:01 PM
Boycott, send a letter, make a sour face,…the Marriott will not be moved from it’s position unless these are on a significant scale. Send this to your travel agents. They will have more impact on a boycott than individual travelers will.
Someone in Virginia has a day to organize and stage a (non-violent) protest against CAIR at the Marriott entrance and expose their activity. This is an opportunity!!!
There are a few bored news agencies that would love to cover such a protest in the hopes that the Muslim ilk would physically raise a fist, curse the U.S. or worse on camera. This is newsworthy!
I had a local news network producer chomping at the bit when I sent him info regarding a local communications company providing internet service to a terrorist group. They want to know this stuff!!! There are local talk radio shows, news channels, newspapers, and politicians that want to know about this. Not to mention the local majority population.
Who is the voice for Virginia? NorthernVirginiastan, that may be you or maybe you know who. I have few contacts in Virginia located in the Portsmouth area but that’s about it. I will link this thread to them.
at December 2, 2005 12:23 PM
The other irony here is that this hotel is just down the street from the headquarters of the worlds largest defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, not to mention the Pentagon itself. "Compute"-- this means that thousands of defence contractors, and US Military personnel have surely used this Marriott hotel.
Did you also know that Lockheed martin is one of the largest contractors for interrogators of enemy combatents in our military prisons---just a bit of irony there.
Posted by: Mackie at December 2, 2005 12:26 PM
Here is how our Illegal Immigration Reform brothers handled a similar situation:
Carlsbad, California — When State Senator Bill Morrow (R-Oceanside) decided to hold a meeting with his constituents at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center to discuss “The Illegal Immigration Crisis” in north San Diego County, he was told “no” by officials of the local school district that runs the Center. The school district’s Superintendent John Roach, fearing violence if the subject of illegal immigration was discussed, told the senator he would have to meet with taxpayers elsewhere. The forum, hosted by San Diego radio talk show host Roger Hedgecock and featuring Rep. Tom Tancredo and Minuteman Project organizer James Gilchrist, threatened to upset illegal aliens and their advocacy groups. It took the threat of a lawsuit by Senator Morrow to convince the Carlsbad Unified School District to change its mind and permit the meeting to go forward. The meeting was held on August 11 with an estimated 500-600 protesters and some 300 local police in riot gear stationed outside. Thankfully, there was no violence.
Posted by: XRDC at December 2, 2005 12:37 PM
Maybe it's time to let loose the pitbull.
Sick'em O'Reilly!
Posted by: William The Crusader at December 2, 2005 12:57 PM
RBLA,
At least 10% of the student population at GWU are Muslims.
Maybe they thought that FAIR stood for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (see http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7092), the leftist counterpart to Accuracy in Media. :-)
Posted by: northernvirginiastan at December 2, 2005 1:24 PM
I just sent the following email to Marriott's investor relations email address (investorrelations@marriott.com). I'd suggest that everybody who has ever stayed in a Marriott hotel, particularly if you're a Marriott Rewards member of any standing, send a similar note. In short, stand up, demand some accountability for their actions. They are a private business, and they do have a right to make business decisions that protect their properties, but we also have a right to get an explanation and refuse to stay at their hotels. For what it's worth, I also shot an email to oreilly@foxnews.com and suggested that he might want to call the CEO of Marriott to explain.
Dear Marriott Corp.,
I found this story today and was quite surprised.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/009249.php
As a victim of terrorist activity, I would think that Marriott would be one of the first organizations to stand up to Islamic violence. But this appears to suggest that the corporation is ready to pander instead. Somehow, the logic escapes me: If we're nice to the the people that threaten us with violence and don't allow people that are aligned against them to use our facilities, maybe things will be alright? Do I have that right?
As a frequent guests at various Marriott properties (I'd give you my rewards number but unfortunately I'm at work at my card is at home), I find this quite troubling.
Please respond with an explanation of this stance. If I can't get an acceptable explanation as to the corporation's behavior, I'm afraid that I'll be forced to choose other hotel chains.
Thank you for your time,
--
Posted by: Open Eyes at December 2, 2005 2:25 PM
I'm only surprised that the Marriot admitted their actual reason for barring access to the symposium.
If the tide doesn't change (and fast) -- next time they won't come that close to the truth.
Watch how dhimmitude morphs its sickened way into being ...
Fox news .. HELP!
at December 2, 2005 2:44 PM
Posted by: William The Crusader
"Maybe it's time to let loose the pitbull.
Sick'em O'Reilly!"
Funny you said that, I did send O'Reilly an email about this and I see others have too. Great job guys! Also, I saw that someone suggested to send complaints to the travel agents. That's a great idea and it never crossed my mind. I'm going to get on that end of it as well. We must be as relentless as the zealots that want to kill us and take away our freedoms.
Posted by: Constantinople at December 2, 2005 4:42 PM
Fox news .. HELP! Posted by: Daisytoo
Err....Fox is now owned and controlled by the Saudis.
You must be living a cave.
Posted by: Nariz at December 2, 2005 5:10 PM
Nariz is right, I'm afraid. I'd like to see O'Reilly go after CAIR like he would Ludacris or the Muppet lovin' Snoop but he has had ample opportunity in the past and has backed off.
We need more Michael Grahams, and Savages who couldn't care less and know their rights.
Posted by: XRDC at December 2, 2005 5:40 PM
Posted by: Nariz
"Err....Fox is now owned and controlled by the Saudis.
You must be living a cave. "
Err..... 5.46% ownership hardly constitutes "owned" (although I don't like 5.46% either). Were you taught math in a cave?
Posted by: Constantinople at December 2, 2005 5:58 PM
The Mariotts, Sheratons, Hyatts, Hiltons have a lot at stake. Their exposure worldwide, especially in Islamic countries, makes them a clear target.
Of course they have the jitters and they are responsible to their shareholders. They are unlikely patriots when it comes to their bottom-line.
So, while it is quite right to turn the heat up and to put them on the stand, it is most unlikely that they will change their position.
Imagine if they hosted this event, it becomes a huge success and Al BBCeera, CNN and Al Jizz beams it around the world.
Can you imagine how many bombs go off, how many people get killed, how many million, perhaps billion dollars in assets destroyed by the fanatical Mo-bots?
So don't hold your breath, none of them is going to host such an event.
But surely there are (other) places that don't have international exposure where this event can be held.
Posted by: sheik yer'mami at December 2, 2005 5:58 PM
Sheik,
Just being a "Western" target has put them on the list already as we have seen. This still not justify allowing a terrorist-supporting organization such as CAIR to have the "run" of the hotel.
If Marriott has an opinion about terrorism and its supporters, this is as good an expression as any.
Let CAIR have their meeting, it lays the groundwork for a lawsuit in weeks to come. If there is no protest at the CAIR event, only the muslims will look bad if they show their rabid side and protest the Peoples Truth Forum.
Posted by: XRDC at December 2, 2005 6:18 PM
Furthermore, if taken up on their refusal to host an anti-terrorism event, these corporate citizens could be successfully blackmailed, or rather "white-mailed" in contributing to the cause financially. Rather than getting bad PR and being dragged through the mud they might be successfully encouraged to contribute to our cause. That is cheaper for them than getting a bad rap with the public or being bombed and attacked all over the place.
There are ways to do this!
Posted by: sheik yer'mami at December 2, 2005 6:20 PM
CANBERRA AUSTRALIA:
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown.
Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state and its laws were made by parliament. "If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he said on national television. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia, one the Australian law and another the Islamic law, that is false.
If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option," Costello said. Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country.
Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off". "Basically, people who don't want to be Australians, and they don't want to live by Australian values and understand them, well then they can basically clear off," he said.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.
AMERICANS... ARE YOU LISTENING? And reading?
Posted by: faqi at December 2, 2005 8:00 PM
Faqi:
I am surprised. I have always been under the impression that Australia had very restrictive immigration laws. How did you get so many mohamedans?
Posted by: GFB at December 2, 2005 11:07 PM
Actually, Nariz, Fox is not owned by the Saudis. Saudi Prine Alwaleed bin Talal purchased 5% of Newscorp, which owns Fox.
He can bitch all he wants, 5% of Newscorp isn't going to allow him to overpower what drives the business, which is the sponsers. Sponsers that buy advertising on Fox because Fox has ratings. Sponsers that like how Fox does the news.
The shareholders at Newscorp aren't going to sacrifice all of them for some cocky Saudi who doesn't happen to like the fact that some of the Fox anchors don't cowtow to Islam.
O'Reilly said a couple of things this week that were not complimentary to Islam, and Donna Faducia, reporting on the design of the 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania reported on all of the complaints about the crescent in the design, saying the complaints were a promotion of Islam, the religion of terror. I heard it myself.
Posted by: Asylum inmate
at December 3, 2005 2:41 AM
I also sent an email TO Marriott indicating I will not use their services, ever again, even though only one location was responsible for these actions. Corporate must take notice, and have a sound policy, or nothing will change.
What cowards they are.
Send them more emails, all of you who agree.
Posted by: VoiceOfSkippy at December 3, 2005 3:08 AM
Why is CAIR still able to exist? How long will it take before it gets shut down like the Holy Land Foundation?
CAIR continues to get money from the Muslim community, like those at the Muslim Community of Western Suburbs (Info About it: www.geocities.com/anti_mcws) and like the center in Ohio whose cleric was recently deported. I think the fundamental problem is Muslim communities who use their money to fund such headaches.
Posted by: jihad at December 3, 2005 2:23 PM
Once again, intimidation works. This reminds me of the violent riot by mostly Muslim students at Concordia University in Montreal in 2002. They managed to cancel a talk by Benjamin Netanyahu.
http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000377.html
Then, in 2004, that same university preemptively canceled a talk by Ehud Barak. The mere thought of a riot scared them straight.
http://www.hillel.montreal.qc.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=386
I hope the People's Truth Forum will find an appropriate (i.e. non-dhimmi) venue for their event.
Posted by: Martin at December 3, 2005 5:00 PM
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Greetings All:
I am also disgusted by Marriott's decision.
I have secured the domain name BOYCOTTMARRIOTT.COM. I plan to relinquish control of this domain name to a RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION who plans to organize such a boycott of Marriott Hotels for their policy of cowardice and dhimmitude.
Regards,
Jim
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Posted by: Jim at December 4, 2005 5:38 AM
American corporations are so into spineless public relations, marketing plans and discrimination lawsuits that they have the backbone of sponge rubber
Posted by: Dumbo at December 4, 2005 5:50 AM
Hey Jim, good thinking there! On your http://www.boycotmarriott.com page, why not simply link to this page for the moment, so folks can read up on this pandering sedition. Then if some group comes forth, great. In the meantime, Marriott feels the heat, immediately.
PS: hope you've not advertised your address in registering the domain.
Posted by: daughter of patriots at December 4, 2005 10:59 AM
What a wonderful idea, Daughter of Patriots! I think I will do that. And yes, I must admit, I chose a private registration to keep my address as hidden as can be.
Jim
Posted by: Jim at December 4, 2005 1:58 PM
Jim, why would you choose private registration? We live in a "free society" right? You don't have to fear retribution from the "religion of peace"!
Good work dude, more power to you.
at December 4, 2005 2:31 PM
AND I MEAN IT!
Posted by: Pamela aka "Atlas" at December 4, 2005 2:55 PM
The latest act of dhimmitude by an American company by capitulating and accommodating CAIR but refusing to serve those of us fighting for America. If the Marriott Corporation wants to operate in America, make money in America, be free to pursue their profits in America, enjoy the freedom of America - then don't stand in the way of the very people putting their asses on the line to make that happen.
Ass kissing, terror loving, America hating Marriott - banish them to France!
Posted by: Pamela aka "Atlas" at December 4, 2005 2:57 PM
Land of the Free... Home of the Brave and the newly renamed:
MOHAMED MARRIOTT CORPORATION
It will take more than Fox News and a few postings here to alert the public.
Since everyone knows when the next hurricane is coming or the next snow storm, maybe the political 'alerts' should be on the weather channel - at least some of the country is paying attention.
at December 4, 2005 4:10 PM
Um, isn't the Marriott Corporation a business owned by Mormons (the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints)? Or, is that an urban legend?
Anyway, that doesn't really matter. Those of us who realize we face a global jihad must unite and oppose groups like CAIR. Only when the PC crowd respects us as much as they fear CAIR will the "Marriotts" of the world give us respect as well. This "respect" I speak of will not be given freely, but must be taken. Just as respect is won in a game of competetive sports. If your team wins game after game, year after year, then respect (and even admiration) are given. Remember what Knut Rockne said: "The whole world loves a winner, and has no time for a loser".
Continue to engage the enemy. Continue to point out how bankrupt their ideaology is! Unite, organize and energize the Body of Christ against jihad and we will win!
Posted by: Ranger Rick at December 5, 2005 9:43 PM
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