Metro Detroiters outraged by Jordanian pilot's execution

posted on: Feb 10, 2015

When Diana Alrawashdeh heard last week that a cousin of hers, Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, was burned alive in a cage by the Islamic State, she was shocked.

“I wanted to cry,” said the 20-year-old Ann Arbor student at Washtenaw Community College.

Now, she’s hoping his death will help unify the Middle East and the world in the battle against ISIS, which released a 22-minute graphic video showing al-Kaseasbeh set ablaze as he stood inside a cage. The execution has sparked outrage among metro Detroit’s Arab-Americans, hundreds of whom gathered today at St. Mary’s Cultural Center in Livonia, which sits next to an Arab Orthodox church established by Palestinian-Americans.

Source: www.freep.com