"This is not a news story...it is just whining....IMHO.
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I agree with you, and I feel that this whole thing should be moved over to Bloggers/Personal. When NOT donating to some random "Symposium" means that you are for the Muslims, then pretty much everyone would fit into that category.
If you stop a minute and consider the astounding range of stuff that corporations DO support, the complete refusal of the listed organizations to back a symposium featuring top international experts on terrorism is not devoid of news value...