Thread: Muslim Group Shuts Down Conservative Conference in Tenn.

Muslim Group Shuts Down Conservative Conference

Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:26 PM

The manager of a prominent Nashville hotel cancelled a contract with a conservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radical Islam, apparently after learning that the group would feature a keynote address by controversial Dutch parliamentarian and filmmaker, Geert Wilders.

Muslim groups succeeded in preventing Wilders from screening “Fitna,â€

The actions of the Extremist proved the point that they are Extremist and threaten the freedoms guaranteed under OUR Constitution!

The Extremists can get the H out of OUR country...........

Stand strong Conservatives!

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Galatians 6:9

Thanks Georgia

you are welcome working 4 change. We have to say something. This is becoming ridiculous that others who want to change us, foreigners who do not like our system of justice and culture, have all of the rights, the right to speak, and because they hold positions in American society they think that they can shut other speech down.

We should contact Lowe's.

Galatians 6:9

Nashville hotel drops jihad conference over safety concerns

New English Review had contract at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
By Christina E. Sanchez • THE TENNESSEAN • May 30, 2009

Loews Vanderbilt Hotel turned away a symposium it had booked for this weekend that would have featured a controversial Dutch politician and filmmaker, citing concerns about safety if the event were allowed to happen.

A group called New English Review planned to hold a two-day conference on "Understanding the Jihad in Israel, Europe and America," and had signed a contract in January to use the prominent West End Avenue hotel.

"We canceled the group for both the safety and the health of our guests and employees here at Vanderbilt hotel," said Tom Negri, managing director of Loews Vanderbilt.

Negri is known in the Nashville community for his involvement in the group Nashville for All of Us, which helped defeat the English-only measure this year.

Negri would not say why he believed there could be a safety issue if the group appeared at the hotel, nor if the scheduled appearance by Geert Wilders played a part.

Wilders, a Dutch politician whose 15-minute film, Fitna, has been called insulting to Muslims, was to be the keynote speaker. The film, which challenges radical Islam, got him banned from ever entering Great Britain.

Rebecca Bynum, listed on the group's Web site as publisher and a senior editor, said the hotel stated no actual threat was made against Loews for hosting the symposium.

"We find it interesting that even without a specific threat that the fear of violence is so great that they would decide to cancel our event," Bynum said.

New English Review's Web site had a statement that said, "Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel succumbed to intimidation and cancelled hosting our event."

Bynum said the group signed a contract in January to do the meeting at Loews, but learned this week it was canceled.

She said Loews knew the topic of the event and had talked with the group about the possibility of having security, though she and other members were not worried.

The group's Web site lists a Nashville mailing address, but it does not include a description of the group's purpose or mission. The World Encounter Institute, a nonprofit organization that funds the Review site and symposium, said it aims to protect the values of Western civilization.

"We seek to raise awareness about the nature of the jihad and all its various instruments, which do not all necessarily involve violence," Bynum said, declining to elaborate.

One of Bynum's articles questions the Nashville Jewish community's attempt to foster relations with local Muslims.

"These people are all well intentioned and perhaps actually believe they can reverse 1,400 years of Islamic history," she writes. "They are providing their own children as political cover for people whom they want very much to trust and believe, but who have revealed themselves to be deceivers."

The symposium started Friday as scheduled, but at a venue revealed only to people registered to attend.

Negri wouldn't say whether Loews had ever canceled a symposium or similar event in the past.

"We made the correct decision to protect the health and safety of guests and employees," Negri said.

Contact Christina E. Sanchez at 615-726-5961 or cesanchez@tennessean.com.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090 ... fety+conce