George Clooney Calls For Dorchester Hotels Boycott Over Brunei's Sharia Law Stoning Of Gays + Adulterers

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George Clooney has extended his call for a boycott of Hollywood’s Beverly Hills Hotel and Bel-Air Hotel to include all world’famous hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei, over imposition of Sharia law and death by stoning for homosexual activity and adultery.

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah announced in 2014 that he was installing Sharia law in his tiny South Asian nation. A general list of ‘criminal behavior’ under Sharia law includes absence from Friday prayer services; becoming pregnant out of wedlock; wearing indecent clothing, and for women, refusal to wear a hijab; employing a non-Muslim baby sitter; the use of the word “Allah” by Christians and the discussion of faith by any non-Muslims; publicly eating or drinking during Ramadan; theft; homosexuality; and adultery. Punishment includes fines, jail, amputation of limbs, public flogging and death by stoning.

In May 2014, celebrities including Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, Sharon Osbourne, Richard Branson and Clive Davis united in a boycott against the world-famous Beverly Hills Hotel, one of multiple luxury hotels held by the Brunei Investment Agency under the umbrella of Dorchester Collection. The Brunei Investment Agency is owned by Sultan Hassanai Bolkiah, whose personal wealth is estimated at $20 billion, writes Forbes.

Clooney reminds us that the 5th richest nation in the world hasn’t had an election since 1962. The rollout of Brunei’s Sharia death penalty for homosexuality and adultery will be implemented on April 3, prompting George Clooney to call for a boycott of these Dorchester Hotels:

  • The Dorchester, London

  • 45 Park Lane, London

  • Coworth Park, UK

  • The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills

  • Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles

  • Le Meurice, Paris

  • Hotel Plaza Athenee, Paris

  • Hotel Eden, Rome

  • Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan

Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan

"Every single time we stay at or take meetings at or dine at any of these nine hotels we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens," said Clooney.

According to Mintel, research shows that 76% of U.S. consumers will refuse to support a company with beliefs different from their own, and 56% will stop buying from brands they believe to be unethical.

Plaza Athénée Hotel, Paris

Clooney’s Friday Deadline post addressed the 2014 boycott of the world-famous LA hotels, writing “like all good intentions when the white heat of outrage moves on to the hundred other reasons to be outraged, the focus dies down and slowly these hotels get back to the business of business. And the Brunei Investment Agency counts on that. “

We can expect news of the boycott to increase with new voices being added. Elton John tweeted Sunday morning “I commend my friend, #GeorgeClooney, for taking a stand against the anti-gay discrimination and bigotry taking place in the nation of #Brunei -- a place where gay people are brutalized, or worse -- by boycotting the Sultan’s hotels,"

The Dorchester Hotel, London

“Theory states that Allah’s law is cruel and unfair,” said Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, “but Allah himself has said that his law is indeed fair.”

Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah in 2014.

“Theory states that Allah’s law is cruel and unfair,” said Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, “but Allah himself has said that his law is indeed fair.”

In revolutionary set of research findings about “big gods” released in March 2019, scientists argue that complex societies gave rise to the spiritual existence of “big gods’, and not the opposite as, hard-linger Jews, Christians, Muslims and other world religions have argued. The new research comes to mind reading the quote about Allah by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.