If we had any journalists in this country today, one of them might have asked Kakli if he supported Hamas. That would have been illuminating.
“Organisers call out ‘anti-Muslim tropes’ after Florida hotel cancels event,” TRT World, January 12, 2024:
The South Florida Muslim Federation says it was told by the hotel that its conference was being cancelled because of security concerns.
A South Florida Marriott Hotel has cancelled 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 cancelled because of security concerns after it received 100 calls demanding it bar the group.
This weekend’s second annual conference was expected to draw more than a thousand people.
Hotels in Arizona and Virginia have also cancelled Muslim conferences since Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, following Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7. Florida has also barred a pro-Palestinian student group from public universities….
Joe Kaufman, who organised the protest against the conference, accused Kakli and groups that are part of his coalition of supporting terrorism, including the Hamas attack. He said some of the conference’s planned speakers have made anti-Semitic comments and called for the destruction of Israel.
Kaufman, a long-time protester against some Islamic groups, insisted he has nothing against Muslims, just anyone he believes promotes antisemitism.
“Our concern is not just with the speakers. Our concern with the organisation itself and its leadership,” Kaufman said Friday.
Kakli denied that he or his group supports terrorism or antisemitism. He said those accusations are often made against Muslims who criticise Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and its treatment of Gaza to strip them and their arguments of legitimacy.
“These are words that have been used by (Kaufman) for 15 years. They are anti-Muslim tropes that are no different than tropes that are used against other communities of colour. They are shamelessly used to label our entire community as terrorists,” Kakli said.
Wilfredo Ruiz, spokesperson for the Council of American-Islamic Relations-Florida, said such attacks and Marriott’s decision to cancel the conference are part of a “holistic effort” in the state both by Governor Ron DeSantis and private businesses to shut down criticism of Israel..,..
somehistory says
Gov DeSantis knows islam; has had to deal with mozlims, and ,mozlums object.
Mr. Kaufman also knows.
The hotel has a right to protect its employees and guests. The management did the right thing. And, mozlums the world over, support hamas and terror.
Imagine a mozlum establishment hosting an anti-terror group; an anti-hamas group. If a group reserved a conference room and then the mozlums found out what was planned by the speakers, the mozlums would cancel.
It’s called Freedom. mozlums should leave Florida…all of them. Then they wouldn’t have to worry about the governor or Kaufman.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Good for Marriott Coral Springs Hotel. Normally, one would have expected that they’d toss their support for this conference & Hamas, in line w/ today’s woke jihadists. But they went ahead & did the right thing
Now, if businesses all over the west did likewise, w/o fear of being accused of you-know-what…
Hoi Polloi says
Marriott has bungled issues with China in the past, so I’m happy to hear that they’ve grown a spine.
OLD GUY says
South Florida Muslim Federation, made up of thirty mosque. That might change my winter vacation plans.
Violet says
Marriott Hotel.
I commend them for taking a stand for what is right!
maria villa says
America should not be putting up with these Muslimes in our country since their main goal is to ‘Conquer America..!’ What doesn’t the US understand that this IS their Goal ! I was told by a Muslime Arab in Granada Spain in 2005 that they were going to ‘Conquer America’ and that they were already coming in through Canada & Mexico in 2005. I do believe they were coming in way before 2005. So folks, that’s why the Biden Regime (aka Hussein Obama) is now aggressively pushing for ‘Gun control of us American citizens so we can be overpowered by Illan Omar, Rashida Taliab and the Communist & Islamic terrorists who will take America over and establish Sharia so, wake up America ..!!