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Michigan teacher: I was fired over Trayvon fundraiser
DETROIT (AP) — A teacher fired from a Michigan middle school after encouraging students to raise money for the family of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said Tuesday she is confused by the dismissal and wants the school's administration to explain....
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Campaign launched to show Muslim service to US
DETROIT (AP) — The service by American Muslims to Michigan and the rest of the country is the focus of a new billboard and Internet campaign marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Billboards showing American...Tags: Detroit, Islam
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Texas gun instructor draws heat for anti-Muslim ad
MASON, Texas (AP) — On a YouTube clip that has gone viral, brash Texas handgun instructor Crockett Keller defiantly tells Muslims and non-Christian Arabs he won't teach them how to handle a firearm. Watch the clip here. State officials see the...Tags: Real Estate, Apple iPad, Social Media, Elections, Politics
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Group asks DOJ to monitor Muslim school decision
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has asked the Justice Department to monitor a decision by a Washtenaw County community's planning officials about whether to allow property to be...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Department of Justice, Michigan, Crime, Law and Justice, Islam
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Michigan student accused of ethnic intimidation
SALINE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities in Michigan say a 17-year-old high school student called another student a terrorist and punched him in the face. AnnArbor.com reports (http://j.mp/sRiEvm ) that Daryl Larkin was arraigned Tuesday in Washtenaw...Tags: Students, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teaching and Learning
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Mich. community, religious leaders to be honored
DETROIT (AP) — Legal, labor and religious leaders are among those being honored during the 7th annual Peace & Justice Banquet in Detroit. The event Sunday at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center will be awarding United Auto Workers'...Tags: Talk Shows (genre), MSNBC (tv network), Human Interest, Roy Bourgeois
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Herman Cain: Communities have right to ban mosques
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques.
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the former Godfather's Pizza CEO said protests and legal challenges to a planned mosque in a Tennessee city are an example...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Herman Cain, Elections, Politics, Islam
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Muslim woman: Driver with gun called her terrorist
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ann Arbor police are investigating a Muslim woman's claim that a motorist called her a terrorist and held up a handgun.
Lt. Renee Bush says the 21-year-old woman says the incident occurred around 9 a.m. Sunday. Bush says the...Tags: Assault, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michigan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge
DETROIT (AP) — A group that counts Islam among the ills facing the nation began a 24-hour prayer rally Friday evening in an area with one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States.
The gathering at Ford Field, the stadium where the...Tags: Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Corey Williams, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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US reviewing anti-Muslim school bias complaint
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit is reviewing a religious discrimination complaint against a community for denying a zoning change request to allow construction of a Muslim school. The Michigan Islamic Academy...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Religion and Belief, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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Conyers calls on US to probe Muslims' complaints
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Conyers says he's calling on two federal departments to investigate complaints by U.S. Arabs and Muslims of being harassed by agents after returning to Michigan from Canada. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary...Tags: Defense, National Security, John Conyers, Jr., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Detroit
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Tears, shouts as terror hearing becomes political
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress pushed deep into a raw and emotional debate Thursday over American Muslims who have committed terrorist attacks in the name of religion, in a hearing punctuated by tearful testimony, angry recriminations and political...Tags: Texas, Crimes, Elections, Politics, Islam
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