Volunteers from an organization called Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) were “forcibly expelled” by hotel security from a Starbucks inside a Hilton Hotel in Texas after they refused to remove their shirts declaring “I am an Ex-Muslim. Ask me why.”
Ex-Muslims of North America (h/t Jane F) The EXMNA volunteers were taking a coffee break at the Starbucks after a day of handing out flyers and speaking with and interviewing attendees at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)’s annual conference. ISNA is another Muslim Brotherhood front group, whose sister organization is designated terrorist group CAIR. Without warning, they were informed by staff that they must leave the establishment.
One of the volunteers was Lina, a Syrian woman who had traveled to the conference on behalf of the organization. “I was then told that even though I was a paying customer, I was not allowed to be on the premises as it was reserved for ISNA guests and event members. However that was lie, seeing as how hotel employees informed the group that they could re-enter the premises if they removed their shirts.
Upon additional inquiry after leaving the premises, the hotel employees stated on video that the EXMNA group was not welcome due to their T-shirts, and repeatedly claimed the group was “protesting”, a charge which all volunteers explicitly denied multiple times.
“The treatement was unjust and especially cruel considering the plight of ex-Muslims,” Muhammad Syed, President of Ex-Muslims of North America said. “We are killed and abused all over the world for our apostasy. It is unconscionable that companies like Starbucks and Hilton acquiesce to sharia-compliant Islamic fundamentalist religious sensibilities.”
Hazar, another Syrian ex-Muslim who was in Houston for ISNA, states “I expected negative pushback of our presence by ISNA itself but in fact, most Muslims we talked to were welcoming. And so I certainly didn’t expect to be discriminated against on American soil by the Hilton staff for refusing to be closeted about my ex-Muslim identity.
As of 2018, over a dozen Muslim-majority countries prescribe the death penalty for Muslims who leave the faith. Muslim leaders from across the world, including most recently, Pakistan, have called for international cooperation in penalizing content considered blasphemous in Islam.
Starbucks seems to be re-inventing themselves with cultural Marxist diversity training every six months or so.
Boycott Starbucks.
First, Starbucks is an uber leftist company who charges way too much for a cup of coffee. Me, I stopped buying their products years ago. If you want to buy GOOD coffee from a Veteran owned and operated company, try the “Black Rifle Coffee Company”. Seriously, their coffee is better than Starbucks ever pretended to be AND these guys would have welcomed the ex-Muslim into their stores with open arms.
Do they have those in California? I only buy Frappucino in Starbucks. I live in California so we have many Starbucks here.
They sure have the balls to wear an “I’m an ex Muslim shirt.”
Seriously, it takes some guts to do that because we live in a society where censorship is rampant. We’re not allowed to say or do anything that will upset liberals.
Props to them for not backing down.
First..I would never patronize a Starbucks…ever.
Keep in mind I am not a Texan, nor even an American…but I would have challenged this fat bastard all the way to having him call the cops…
Up here in Canada…even though his franchise might be “privately owned”, it is still “open to the public” and therefore, I believe, is considered a “public domain” of sorts…and as far as my understanding is concerned, if there is no signage posted on the property stating “PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING”, you can not be charged with trespassing as there is no indication that you are not allowed on the property.
I wold also challenge him as to just how much of that sidewalk in front of his storefront actually constitutes “private property”?
I appears to me that the entire sidewalk area is city/public property…and he has no right to just arbitrarily indicate some sort of line on the sidewalk….??? I think he’s full of shit.
Yep, fat ass, call the law and let’s get this settled once and for all…
Never use a Starbucks or a Hilton hotel ever again. Starbucks in the uk would not provide a coffee shop in Iraq for serving uk troops for fear of offending the religion of peace. I have not been in a Starbucks since. Hilton should suspend this so called security guard. Disgraceful. Is Saudi money paying for Starbucks and the Hilton group now? Time to find another hotel chain.
Most of Houston is a third world sh*thole. You can drive through parts of it and never see English on any sign or storefront. I’m not surprised.
I wonder if they would of thrown out a guy with the same type of shirt but Christian instead of Muslim?
I bet these left wing trash would have done nothing, BOYCOTT the Starbucks!
That ex Muslum who said the Muslums were “welcoming” should know better. They’ll either kill you when they get the chance (secretly), or hand you over to someone who would.
To the Muslums, ex Muslums are the walking dead. Tic toc
The fat leftist douche bag does not have powers of arrest. He would have to call the cops. Screw Texas. I know that this doesn’t apply to all Texans ok?….but wow, what shock to most people, considering that Texas as a whole used to have such a reputation as strong, stalwart, very proud, “don’t mess with Texas” mentality. Gotta change that to, “Don’t mess with Texas, or our panties will get all in a bunch”, like the pussies and groveling (to Islam) cucks in this video.
It shows you where the Left’s values are today. Surprised they didn’t have them thrown in jail which is the proper punishment for leaving Islam and then speaking about it in the Islamic world.
It’s embarrassing how the Left have totally abandoned everything they once claimed to stand for.
In the UK, there was an ex-Muslim who was on the socialist Left, still she was prevented from speaking at a university, because as a former Muslim, she would offend Muslim students – who, I believe protested her very presence.
The Left’s Muslim allies will be calling for the death penalty for apostasy in the west, next. Then we can watch these Leftwingers acting coy, because they don’t want to appear “Islamophobic,” by publicly stating that those who choose to leave Islam should live free from persecution and enjoy the same freedom of religion rights as everyone else.
This is the trouble with getting “offended” because it can be applied to persons and groups. Clearly Hitler and his National Socialist were “offended” by the Jews and the Gypsies. How far will the Left allow Islam to go to get their vote?
Liberal crap-hole Starbucks strikes again.
Umm, that was in Houston, which may or may not really be in Texas anymore, sort of like Austin and Dallas. IOW, that is what happens when you get over run by left wing types and let them ruin I mean run your city.
Is that fat anus clone an employee of Starbucks ? Looks like another good reason to pass them by !
Starbucks? A nice place to walk by……..
WTF, over?