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Police training officials have called off a local anti-terrorism class for officers after protests from a Muslim civil liberties group called the course's instructor "notorious(ly) anti-Muslim."
Officers from various local departments had been scheduled to attend instructor Sam Kharoba's class, "Islamic Awareness as a Counter-Terrorist Strategy," Monday at Lombard Village Hall. But late last week the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for the training's cancellation.
The course was scratched Friday after the head of the state's police training agency asked the local training agency, North East Multi-Regional Training, not to use the instructor until the state evaluates his curriculum. According to the local organization's director, Phil Brankin, the executive director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Kevin McClain, said the trainer would not be used statewide until the inquiry concludes. McClain could not be reached.