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Hamas linked CAIR national banquet was hosted for a third straight year by Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington VA.
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The national Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) holding their annual banquet on September 27, 2014 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.
The Crystal Gateway Marriott also hosted CAIR's 2013 and 2012 banquets. Florida Family Association launched an online campaign in September 2013 regarding the 2013 banquet.
Florida Family Association's online campaigns have influenced several hoteliers.
Not so with Marriott who continues to cater to organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
Here's why many American’s are concerned about CAIR’s history and agenda:
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CAIR chapters demonstrated in the streets across America to show their support for Hamas even declaring that “We are Hamas.”
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Omar Ahmad, Chairman and founder of the Council on American Islamic Relations, told a Muslim crowd Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth. At the Islamic Association of Palestine’s third annual convention in Chicago in November 1999, Omar Ahmad gave a speech at a youth session praising suicide bombers who kill themselves for Islam. Fighting for freedom, fighting for Islam — that is not suicide. They kill themselves for Islam, he said.
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Nihad Awad, CAIR Executive Director, said I am in support of the Hamas movement.
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Mustafa Carroll, executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth CAIR branch, told a crowd at a Muslim rally in Austin, Texas in 2013 If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land.
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CAIR pressured the FBI in June 2013 to stop their Most Wanted advertising campaign which helped the FBI gain information regarding the whereabouts of dangerous terrorists. The list of CAIR officials who have made apologetic comments in the public regarding terrorists is quite extensive.
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The Council on American Islamic Relations is vigorously fighting bills in twenty state legislatures that would prohibit courts from considering provisions of foreign laws including Sharia if they are inconsistent with the United States and state constitutions. Sharia law is antithetical to the rights and liberties afforded under the United States Constitution.
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Ghassan Elashi, founder of CAIR’s Texas chapter, in 2009 received a 65-year prison sentence for funneling over $12 million from the Islamic charity known as the Holy Land Foundation to the jihad terrorist group Hamas, which is responsible for murdering hundreds of Israeli civilians.
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Mousa Abu Marzook, a former CAIR official, was in 1995 designated by the U.S. government in 1995 as a “terrorist and Hamas leader.” He now is a Hamas leader in Syria.
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Randall Royer, CAIR’s former civil rights coordinator, in 2004 began serving a 20-year prison sentence for aiding al-Qaida and the Taliban against American troops in Afghanistan and recruiting for Lashkar e-Taiba, the jihadist group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai jihad massacres.
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Bassem Khafagi, CAIR’s former community relations director, was arrested for involvement with the Islamic Assembly of North America, which was linked to al-Qaida. After pleading guilty to visa and bank fraud charges, Khafagi was deported.
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Rabih Haddad, a former CAIR fundraiser, was deported for his work with the Global Relief Foundation (which he co-founded), a terror-financing organization.
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CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case--so named by the Justice Department during the HLF trial.
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CAIR pressured the FBI in February 2012 to remove 876 pages and 392 presentations from their education resources that were offensive to Islamists. NPR reported: The FBI has completed a review of offensive training material and has purged 876 pages and 392 presentations, according to a briefing provided to lawmakers.
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CAIR pressured Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to ban anti-terrorism training expert Sam Kharoba from instructing law enforcement officers throughout the state.
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CAIR demanded that the Florida Department of Law enforcement (FDLE) ban anti-terrorism training expert Sam Kharoba from instructing law enforcement officers in the state. Although the FDLE declined to adopt the policy requested by CAIR no law enforcement agency in Florida has contracted Sam Kharoba’s anti-terrorism training services following CAIR’s demands.
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CAIR pressured Lane Community College to fire a professor for attempting to teach the truth about Islam in a course titled What is Islam.
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CAIR pressured Brandeis University to cancel speaking engagement and human rights award planned for Ayaan Hirsi Ali because of her criticism of Islamists.
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CAIR pressured several networks to censor numerous programs including "Alice in Arabia," "Executive Decision," "24," "The Siege," "True Lies," "Rules of Engagement," "Obsession," "The Third Jihad," "Jihad in America," “Tyrant,” and "The Sum of All Fears."
Americans who are concerned about CAIR’s history and agenda have the First Amendment Right to complain about this event and choose hoteliers who do not give place to the same.
Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send to Marriott's officers and directors. Your email will not only voice concern about this important issue but it will also educate corporate officials with facts regarding CAIR's history.
The email for this article has been deactivated. See 2015 article for active email.
Contact information:
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202
Phone (703) 920-3230
Regan.linke@marriott.com
Crystal Gateway Marriott General Manager
Marriott International Inc/DE
10400 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
United States
Phone: 1-301-380-3000
Fax: 1-301-380-3967
newsroom@marriott.com
Arne.Sorenson@marriott.com
Arne M. Sorenson, President and Chief Executive Officer
David.Grissen@marriott.com
David J. Grissen, Group President, The Americas
Tony.Capuano@marriott.com
Anthony G. Capuano, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Marriott International, Inc. Board of Directors
J.W. Marriott Jr.
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board
Marriott International, Inc.
John.Marriott@marriott.com
John W. Marriott III
Vice Chairman of the Board, Marriott International, Inc., and
Chief Executive Officer, JWM Family Enterprises, L.P.
John.w.Marriott@marriott.com
Mary K. Bush
Chairman
Bush International, LLC
mbush@brockcapital.com
Frederick A. "Fritz" Henderson
Chairman and CEO
SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Email not available.
Lawrence W. Kellner
President
Emerald Creek Group, LLC
larry.kellner@emeraldcreek.com
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BET Networks
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Principal
Muñoz Investment Banking Group, LLC
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Harry J. Pearce
Chairman
Nortel Networks Corporation
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Steven S Reinemund
Dean of Business
Wake Forest University
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W. Mitt Romney
Former Republican Candidate for President of the United States
Lawrence M. Small
Former Secretary
The Smithsonian Institution
Email not available.
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