High-profile real estate investor Grant Cardone canceled a scheduled appearance for today at the Miami Forum produced by the trade journal The Real Deal, leveling a public accusation of religious intolerance against publisher Amir Korangy.
In a letter that he shared on his X page, Cardone addressed the Iranian-born Korangy by stating, “After you begged me to speak at your event, suggesting you wanted to learn how I built Cardone Capital to $5B, you quickly showed your true colors on our prep call, with a list of silly questions about my religion. Once confronted, you admitted that if I was Muslim, Jewish, or Catholic, you wouldn’t bother.”
Cardone was raised in the Catholic faith and is a follower of the Church of Scientology; he has self-identified as being both Catholic and Scientologist.
In his letter, he went on to call Korangy a “desperate, click-chasing celebrity seeking deviance with religious bigot tendencies.” He also referred to The Real Deal as a “pathetic online rag” that peddled “unproven gutter-level, click-bait headlines” designed to ruin successful business professionals.
Korangy did not offer a public response to Cardone’s comments.
Go Grant Go. Fight against religious intolerance
Thank you for covering this accurately. I’ve repeatedly seen Amir Korangy and his group at The Real Deal push some anti religion bias. – after I politely declined to speak at his event he went on stage and made wild allegations to a live audience that have no truth. For anyone to demonstrate this much religious intolerance is crazy, but for a Muslim living in the USA even more crazy. Amir Zorangy & The Real Deal are danferous people to have in the media and they should be held accountable by the ethics of journalism. Grant Cardone
I used to love cardone. but count me in as one of the people who absolutely judges him for following scientology. it’s a cult. I am surrounded by it.
A lot of people are talking— A LOT about The Real Deal.
They’ve become totally obsessed. Instead of covering real estate (which they used to do, poorly), they’re now running article after article targeting religious Jewish communities. Nobody has written more negative pieces about them—nobody!
It’s disgraceful, it’s biased, and everybody sees it. Many are calling it outright bigotry. And they should. When a publication keeps pushing the same angle over and over again, you have to ask: Why the obsession? Who’s behind it? What’s their agenda?
The Real Deal should stick to real estate and stop targeting people of faith. Do better!
This religious wingnutz stuff is out of control.
Respect the religious beliefs of others. Respect leads to understanding.