TN: Muslim Group Shuts Down Conservative Conference

One of the conference organizers told Newsmax on Wednesday that thegroup was considering a lawsuit against Negri (contact the coward here — Ed.) and the Loew’s hotelchain for “unlawful breach of contract.”

The manager of a prominent Nashville hotel cancelled a contract with aconservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radicalIslam, apparently after learning that the group would feature a keynoteaddress by controversial Dutch parliamentarian and filmmaker, GeertWilders.

Muslim groups succeeded in preventing Wilders from screening “Fitna,” his 15-minute movie on radical Islam, in the House of Lords this February, on claims it was insulting to Muslims, and dogged him during a recent U.S. tour as well.Thomas A. Negri,managing director of Loew’s Vanderbilt Hotel and Office complex inNashville, told Newsmax on Wednesday that he had taken theextraordinary step of cancelling the conference at the last minute “forthe health, safety and well-being of our guests and employees.”

Negrirefused to say why he felt the conference would adversely affect the“health, safety and well-being” of the hotel’s guests and employees,except to refer to the website of the New English Review, the grouporganizing the conference.

The website features articlesthat warn about radical Islam written by activists, journalists andscholars, including former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy and former Muslim scholar, Ibn Warraq.

Onearticle, written by a retired U.S. army intelligence officer, JeromeGordon, warns of the growing problems caused by the recent influence ofseveral thousand Somali Muslim refugees who have come to work for anearby Tysons Food plant to replace illegal Hispanic meat packers.

Here’s where it gets interesting:

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