[ April 19, 2024 ]
“HuffPost was the first to report on the Hyatt Regency’s decision to host Act for America, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group,” and now the Huffington Post’s veteran pro-jihad smear merchant, Christopher Mathias, is spiking the football, as the Hyatt Hotel chain has announced that it will no longer host groups that oppose jihad terror.
Now wait a minute, Spencer, you’ll say. Hyatt said they were going to stop hosting “hate groups,” not “groups that oppose jihad terror.”
Indeed. But why has the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated Act for America (as well as Jihad Watch and other groups that oppose jihad terror) a “hate group”? Mathias sums it up with his usual vicious arrogance and tendentiousness: “Although it bills itself as the ‘NRA of national security,’ it mainly focuses on vilifying Muslims, spreading baseless conspiracy theories and lobbying legislators to pass discriminatory laws.” Mathias actually gives some examples of “vilifying Muslims,” which we will examine. “Spreading baseless conspiracy theories” likely refers to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Explanatory Memorandum, which lays out its plan for “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within.” See how much of a “baseless conspiracy theory” that is here. “Discriminatory laws” refers to anti-Sharia laws, but since Sharia denies the equality of rights of women and non-Muslims, it would be more accurate to say that Act is opposing, rather than lobbying for, discriminatory laws.
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The fact is that Act, and Jihad Watch, and the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), and the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the Center for Security Policy are on the SPLC’s “hate group” list for opposing jihad terror and Sharia oppression. The proof of this is the fact that there is no significant group that opposes jihad terror that isn’t on the SPLC’s list: in other words, they don’t identify some supposedly reasonable response to the jihad threat, and then claim that Act and AFDI and Jihad Watch et al have gone beyond reasonable bounds. Instead, they stigmatize and demonize anyone and everyone who dares mount the slightest and most tepid opposition to the global jihad as a “hate group” and as “anti-Muslim,” another smear — was it “anti-German” to oppose the Nazis? And there are, meanwhile, no Islamic jihad groups on the SPLC’s hate group list, no terror-tied Islamic charities, nothing.
Mathias claims that “Brigitte Gabriel, Act for America’s founder, has repeatedly made bigoted comments about Muslims. She has stated, incorrectly, that ‘practicing Muslims, who believe in the teachings of the Quran, cannot be loyal citizens of the United States of America.’”
“Incorrectly,” the imam Mathias assures us. But on what basis he does not say. The Qur’an says to beat a disobedient woman (4:34), that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man (2:282), to be ruthless to unbelievers (48:29), to behead unbelievers (47:4), and to make war against “the People of the Book” (i.e., Jews and Christians, and a few other groups) until they pay a special tax and submit to Islamic hegemony (9:29). There is much more, but even on the basis of those passages, there is a problem between the Qur’an and the Constitution. Mathias and his cohorts have never addressed this; instead, they’ve waved away those who point it out, defaming them as “Islamophobic.”
Mathias also claims that Gabriel “has said that Muslims are a ‘natural threat to civilized people of the world, particularly Western society.’” I very seriously doubt that Gabriel said this of all Muslims; that is almost certainly Mathias’ vicious misrepresentation. Meanwhile, would he himself deny that jihadis are a threat to civilized people? He is so clueless and compromised that maybe he would.
Ultimately, the SPLC/Mathias characterization of Act for America, as well as others that the SPLC smears as “hate groups,” is a matter of opinion, not of objective fact. Should Hyatt Hotels or any other business really be denying service to any group based on the judgment of a private organization about that group? The SPLC is anything but an objective or unbiased source. Imagine how Mathias and the HuffPo would howl if the Hyatt chain started refusing to host groups based on the evaluation of, say, the American Freedom Defense Initiative, or the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The willingness of corporations to validate the SPLC and treat it as if it were a reliable arbiter of what constitutes a “hate group” and what doesn’t is short-sighted and unwise, and sets a dangerous precedent: if your group, or the favorite charity of Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian, ends up on the SPLC’s list tomorrow, you’ll see what I mean.
As an Armenian, Hoplamazian should be ashamed of himself for caving to this pro-jihad intimidation, and setting this dangerous precedent, which will lead ultimately to the denial of hotel accommodations to all those whose political opinions are deemed unacceptable. That’s the kind of thing that happens in totalitarian states. And thanks to Mark Hoplamazian, Christopher Mathias, the Huffington Post, and above all the Southern Poverty Law Center, we’re well on the way there.
I’m sure Hoplamazian and the Hyatt brass will be glad to hear that I will never stay at a Hyatt again as long as this totalitarian policy is in place, and will recommend to everyone I know that they should boycott the Hyatt chain. They don’t want people who have been smeared by the SPLC around? That’s easy to arrange.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His new book is The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.
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18 Comments
5 years ago
Fortunately I have already classified the SPLC as a nonsense group to be igored and I expect many other have already done so , and that our leaders likewise rcognize that truism. I have now decided the Hyatt will no longer be my hotel of choice, due to their stupidity. To avoid the consequences that Islam brings with it is stupid. We all must be clear eyed to this mortal danger to our constitutional rights.
5 years ago
Reply to
Dennis
They are one of Islam’s strongest allies and supporters in the United States; they might as well convert and be done with it. That in itself makes them quite dangerous, especially in an age where 84,000 lives were lost in a single year to Muslim terror. Not “white supremacists”, but radical jihadists who follow the Holy Quran.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/islamist-extremism-caused-84000-deaths-worldwide-in-2017-a-new-report-says/
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
what I cannot understand is why all these groups which support and serve islam , are not all moving /immigrating to all the islamic holes. I mean , go to their holes and live under their rules if you’re so enthralled with them, their barbaric culture and religion!!! The rest of us need to shut off the taps(taxes) to all governments until these barbaric parasites have no free life in our countries and we return them all to whence they came. Then ensure NONE OF THEM- INCLUDING ALL THE PRO ISLAMIC WESTERNERS/GOVERNMENTS/POLITICIANS AND SO ON EVER, EVER BE PERMITTED TO TOUCH ANY WESTERN SOIL AGAIN! tHEY WANT DEATH, WAR, OPPRESSION AND SO ON, FINE, GO TO THE LANDS WHICH PRODUCE AND ENSHRINE THIS LIFESTYLE WHILE THE REST OF US LIVE IN PEACE AND SOVEREIGNTY!
Why are we westerners ALLOWING AND REWARDING THE ERADICATION OR OUR COUNTRIES, FREEDOMS, RACE, CULTURE, RELIGIONS AND LIVES?? I swear the HUMAN BRAIN HAS BECOME EXTINCT ALL OVER THE WESTERN WORLD AND WE HAVE NO REAL MEN ANYMORE AS THEY ARE ALL COWARDS AND YELLOW BELLIES WHO WILL STAND AROUND AND WATCH THE COMING RAPE AND SLAUGHTER OF THEIR DAUGHTERS, WIVES, SISTERS, MOTHERS BECAUSE NONE OF THEM HAVE THE GUTS TO TAKE A STAND TO SECURE THE LIVES OF THEIR PEOPLE- ESPECIALLY UP HERE IN CANUKISTAN! What was the POINT of our BRAVE MEN – AND NOW WOMEN leaving their families, jobs , homes and countries to fight for our freedoms , democracy and lives when we are all simply giving it all away to islam which is a death cult arriving to overthrow us, our countries and then slaughter us all?? They TELL US THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE INTERNET, PUBLICLY AND SO ON AND STILL WE ALL TUCK OUR TAILS BETWEEN OUR LEGS AND BOW TO THEM! tHE DEATH OF MANKIND IS UPON US ALL AS ISLAM CANNOT AND WILL NOT LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH ANY GROUP= THEY CAN’T EVEN GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER AS THEY HAVE BEEN AT WAR AND SLAUGHTERING EACH OTHER SINCE THEIR INCEPTION!! Appears to me THEY ARE THE SMART ONES AS LOOK WHICH GROUP IS OVERTHROWING WHOM AND WHICH GROUP IS TAKING THE OTHERS’ COUNTRIES??? it sure as hell isn’t we in the west leading the charge!
5 years ago
Reply to
Dennis
On the flip side, with Hyatt caving they could be a safer place to stay since they are on the approved jihadi list of preferable accommodations. Like you though, if I still traveled, I’d ban them from my list too.
Kudos to you, Dennis!
5 years ago
Reply to
Dennis
SPLC is playing to progressives , they are not much worried about the rest of us .
5 years ago
Terrible news. Rolling out the red carpet for jihadists.
5 years ago
If Islam does one day win against the West, it will only be because our own people helped enable them.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
very reminiscent of the Jews in the 1930s. political correctness has neutered debate, you can’t speak out against Islam.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
Agree. They are aided by the dumb , ignorant Left/Liberal loons coming out of colleges/schools run by pro-jihadi left/liberal loons
And by the time they realise their stupidity they get assaulted , gang raped or murdered like this couple its too late for them https://tinyurl.com/yahupccy
Problem is they enable evil while not able to see evil thanks to pro-jihadi left/liberal indoctrination in schools/colleges where real history of islam and America is no longer taught.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
EXACTLY. Clearly those of us who still have functioning brains, are the minority.
5 years ago
Does that mean the hypocritical b@$t@rd$ are going to stop hosting groups who “hate” Nazis or the KKK? How about organizations who “hate” men who declare they have the right to abuse women, children, animals, and people who don’t share their religious beliefs — such as Sharia-compliant Muslims? Wanna bet they won’t bar anyone for hating President Trump? But, then, they have to bow to the demands of their Most Valued Customers — such as Saudi oil billionaires wearing dresses with tablecloths wrapped in fan belts around their heads and their 4 wives in black body bags trailing after them?
5 years ago
Hyatt DERANGED!
5 years ago
In every WESTERN country where Muslims are in the minority, they are obsessed with minority rights.
In every ISLAMIC country with a Muslim majority, …there are no minority rights!
islam is NOT a religion of peace!!
islam is a sick and twisted terrorist ideology that is completely incompatible with western civilization!!
Deport all muslims, CITIZENS OR not, from the west at once!!
Ban all muslims from traveling to the west, …FOREVER
Implement muslim control, NOT gun control.
Defending your person, your family, your country from attack and invasion from those forcing a violent, terrorist, genocidal ideology on western civilization…is …not … islamophobia ….or racist. ….It is just common sense.
The people of Europe, Britain and Canada must throw down their treasonous leaders forcing this evil upon them.
……………………………………The USA just did, Nov. 2016!
5 years ago
The US does NOT need to allow thousands of backward, 7th century, unvetted and violent muslim savages into our country that have ‘enshrined’ sexual slavery, rape, forced conversion, assault, murder and genocide in their FAKE religion!
5 years ago
Hyatt … is now on my boycott list.
Of course this is why the Left enjoys power. I’m sure all the victims of Islam – and those who stand with them – will not affect Hyatt’s bottom line.
… at least until they stand before the White Throne.
5 years ago
Hyatt stands with Nasties and their Islamic fellow travelers …
