Muslim Civil Rights Group CAIR Moves Annual Banquet Citing ‘Multiple Terror Threats’ Against Venue
The post Muslim Civil Rights Group CAIR Moves Annual Banquet Citing ‘Multiple Terror Threats’ Against Venue appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Thursday said it has been forced to move its annual banquet after the original venue and its staffers were received terror threats, which the Muslim civil rights group said was in response to its support for Palestinian human rights amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. FILE PHOTO: Nihad Awad, Executive Director and co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic … [+] Relations (CAIR), speaks outside the White House. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Key Facts The event scheduled to take place at a Marriott in Arlington, Virginia on Saturday will now be moved to an alternate secure location “due to multiple terror threats targeting the hotel, its staff, CAIR and American Muslims,” the group said. The original venue, the Marriott Crystal Gateway, had been hosting the event for over a decade, CAIR said. The Marriot purportedly received anonymous phone calls threatening to plant bombs in the hotel’s parking garage, kill hotel staffers and “storm the hotel in a repeat of the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol” if the banquet went ahead as planned. The decision to move the event was prompted by the sheer number of threats, along with their inability to get additional security from local police, CAIR said. The civil rights group has informed both the FBI and local law enforcement about the matter. Crucial Quote “We will not allow the threats of anti-Palestinian racists and anti-Muslim bigots who seek to dehumanize the Palestinian people and silence American Muslims to stop us from pursuing justice for all,” CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said. Key Background The threats follow CAIR warning that government officials and news outlets were “fanning an atmosphere of hate and dehumanization, not seen since the aftermath of 9/11.” The civil rights…
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Topline The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Thursday said it has been forced to move its annual banquet after the original venue and its staffers were received terror threats, which the Muslim civil rights group said was in response to its support for Palestinian human rights amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. FILE PHOTO: Nihad Awad, Executive Director and co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic … [+] Relations (CAIR), speaks outside the White House. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Key Facts The event scheduled to take place at a Marriott in Arlington, Virginia on Saturday will now be moved to an alternate secure location “due to multiple terror threats targeting the hotel, its staff, CAIR and American Muslims,” the group said. The original venue, the Marriott Crystal Gateway, had been hosting the event for over a decade, CAIR said. The Marriot purportedly received anonymous phone calls threatening to plant bombs in the hotel’s parking garage, kill hotel staffers and “storm the hotel in a repeat of the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol” if the banquet went ahead as planned. The decision to move the event was prompted by the sheer number of threats, along with their inability to get additional security from local police, CAIR said. The civil rights group has informed both the FBI and local law enforcement about the matter. Crucial Quote “We will not allow the threats of anti-Palestinian racists and anti-Muslim bigots who seek to dehumanize the Palestinian people and silence American Muslims to stop us from pursuing justice for all,” CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said. Key Background The threats follow CAIR warning that government officials and news outlets were “fanning an atmosphere of hate and dehumanization, not seen since the aftermath of 9/11.” The civil rights…
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