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APA national Muslim civil rights group said it is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel that received bomb and death threats possibly linked to the groups concern.(Representative.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) cancelled plans to hold its 29th annual banquet on Saturday at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, where it has held events for the past decade, and will instead move it to an as-yet undisclosed location with heightened security, a CAIR statement said.. "In recent days, according to the Marriott, anonymous callers have threatened to plant bombs in the hotel's parking garage, kill specific hotel staff in their homes, and storm the hotel in a repeat of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol if the events moved forward," the statement said.. Arlington police and the FBI are investigating, CAIR said.. Arlington police said in an email that the department was investigating a Thursday morning report from the hotel that it received anonymous phone calls, "some referencing threats to bomb," regarding the CAIR event...
"We strongly condemn the extreme and disgusting threats against our organization, the Marriott hotel and its staff," CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad, who is Palestinian American, said in a statement..
