Thread: Detroit mosque leader killed in FBI raids

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October 28, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091028/METRO/910280436

Detroit mosque leader killed in FBI raids

PAUL EGAN
The Detroit News

Detroit -- The leader of a Detroit mosque who allegedly espoused violence and separatism was shot and killed Wednesday in an FBI gun battle at a Dearborn warehouse.

Luqman Ameen Abdullah, imam of the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit, was being arrested on a raft of federal charges including conspiracy, receipt of stolen goods, and firearms offenses.

Charges were also filed against 11 of Abdullah's followers. Eight were in custody Wednesday night awaiting detention hearings today; three remained at large.

A federal complaint filed Wednesday identified Abdullah, 53, also known as Christopher Thomas, as "a highly placed leader of a nationwide radical fundamentalist Sunni group." His black Muslim group calls itself "Ummah," or the brotherhood, and wants to establish a separate state within the United States governed by Sharia law, Interim U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg and Andrew Arena, FBI special agent in charge in Detroit, said in a joint statement.

"He regularly preaches anti-government and anti-law enforcement rhetoric," an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit. "Abdullah and his followers have trained regularly in the use of firearms, and continue to train in martial arts and sword fighting."

The Ummah is headed nationally by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who is serving a state sentence for the murder of two police officers in Georgia.

Early Wednesday afternoon, FBI agents and local police from the Joint Terrorism Task Force surrounded a warehouse and trucking firm on Miller Road near Michigan Avenue where Abdullah and four of his followers were hiding, said Special Agent Sandra Berchtold, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Detroit.

When agents entered the warehouse, four of the men obeyed orders to surrender but Abdullah opened fire and was shot to death, Berchtold said. An FBI dog was also shot and killed, she said.

Through a 45-page complaint filed in the case alleges Abdullah "calls his followers to an offensive jihad" and preaches that every Muslim should "have a weapon and should not be scared to use their weapon when needed," charges in the case to not include terrorism or national security crimes.

The complaint further alleged that an armed group known as the "Sutra team" protected the mosque.

In January, when members were evicted from a building on Joy Road for non-payment of property taxes, Detroit police confiscated two firearms, about 40 knives and martial arts weapons from Abdullah's apartment, the complaint alleged.

The mosque then relocated to Clairmount in Detroit, the complaint says.

According to the complaint, Abdullah told an informant that if the FBI came to get him: "I'll just strap a bomb on and blow up everybody." On another occasion, he said: "We've got to take out the U.S. government," the complaint alleges.

David Nu'man of Detroit, who considered himself a friend of Abdullah, said he is skeptical about the allegations.

"It doesn't seem to be of his character," said Nu'man, who had attended the mosque on Joy Road but was not a member.

Ihsan Bagby, the general secretary of the Muslim Alliance of North America, said Abdullah was a member of the Lexington, K.Y. based group, and his shooting shocked the African American Muslim community nationwide.

"We want to know what happened," said Bagby. "We had no inkling of any kind of criminal activity. This is a complete shock to all of us."

The others charged are:


Mohammad Abdul Salaam, also known as Gregory Stone, 45, of Detroit with conspiracy to commit federal crimes and sale or receipt of stolen goods.


Abdullah Beard, also known as Detric Lamont Driver, 37, of Detroit with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Abdul Saboor, also known as Dwayne Edward Davis, 37, of Detroit with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Mujahid Carswell, also known as Mujahid Abdullah, 30, of Detroit and Ontario, Canada, with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Adam Ibraheem, 38, of Detroit with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Gary Laverne Porter, 59, of Detroit with conspiracy to commit federal crimes and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.


Ali Abdul Raqib, 57, of Detroit with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Mohammad Alsahi, also known as Mohammad Palestine, 33, of Ontario, Canada, with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Yassir Ali Khan, 30, of Ontario, Canada, and Warren, with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.


Mohammad Abdul Bassir, also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt Williams, 50, of Ojibway Correctional Facility with conspiracy to commit federal crimes, sale or receipt of stolen goods, mail fraud, supplying firearms to felons, possession of weapons by a felon, and altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers.


A.C. Pusha, charged in a separate complaint late Wednesday with conspiracy to receive and sell stolen goods.

Salaam, Saboor, Porter, Beard, Ibraheem, Raqib, and Pusha all appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit late Wednesday afternoon. Bassir is in state custody. Others charged are still at large.

Prior to the gunfight in Dearborn, the FBI executed search warrants at 4467 Tireman and 9278 Genesee in Detroit, officials said.

Yellow police tape was put up outside the Dearborn warehouse and a Dearborn police car was parked outside.

pegan@detnews.com">pegan@detnews.com (313) 222-2069 David Josar, Charlie LeDuff, Oralandar Brand-Williams and George Hunter contributed.

One down . . .

This is a good sign. It means that the foot soldiers in the War on Terror are still doing their jobs, despite the directives of Barack Hussein Obama, and his terror-loving toady, Eric Holder.

Now they need to go after al-Furqa and Islamberg.

Originally Posted by Shapka

This is a good sign. It means that the foot soldiers in the War on Terror are still doing their jobs, despite the directives of Barack Hussein Obama, and his terror-loving toady, Eric Holder.

Now they need to go after al-Furqa and Islamberg.

Expect to hear soon that he was gunned down by "racists" because he was a Black Muslim. I wonder how the Napolitano "think - speak" office is going to put a spin on this one?


http://www.detnews.com/article/20091029 ... /910290425

Last Updated: October 29. 2009 1:00AM
Photographer from The News assaulted
The Detroit News

Detroit -- Police are investigating the assault of a Detroit News photographer outside a mosque whose leader was killed during a shootout with FBI agents Wednesday.

A group of men attacked photographer Ricardo Thomas about 6:30 p.m. outside the mosque on Clairmont at Holmur.

The attack lasted about 30 seconds and damaged camera equipment Thomas carried with him. The men returned to the mosque, but had left by the time police arrived.

Moving to other topic's

Detroit shootout with Muslim cleric quick
Published: Jan. 31, 2010 at 3:26 PM

DETROIT, Minn., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The gun battle that left a Detroit Muslim cleric dead lasted only about four seconds, a source says.

Citing "a person familiar with the investigation," The Detroit News reported Sunday that Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who died Oct. 28 during an FBI sting operation, was shot more than a dozen times during a seconds-long shootout with agents who had gathered at a Dearborn, Mich., warehouse.

The News said its source claims Abdullah fired three shots before four of the FBI agents returned fire. Authorities allege Abdullah, 53, was the leader of a radical Muslim separatist group that was involved in fencing stolen goods.

Muslim leaders from Detroit and elsewhere say they have concerns the length of the shootout, how many times Abdullah was shot and whether medical help was called for him if he was still alive.

The newspaper said autopsy results are expected to be released Monday.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/01/ ... 264969570/

In the original story, interesting how many of them have connection to Ontario, Canada.

Michigan Imam Shot 20 Times in FBI Raid, Autopsy Shows
Monday, February 01, 2010

FNC/Council on American-Islamic Relations

DETROIT — A medical examiner says a Muslim prayer leader was who shot 20 times during an FBI raid at a warehouse in a Detroit suburb last fall died instantly.

Wayne County's chief medical examiner released the autopsy report for Luqman Ameen Abdullah on Monday, three months after Abdullah was killed. It had been withheld at the request of police.

The FBI says Abdullah was killed while resisting arrest and firing a gun inside a Dearborn warehouse on Oct. 28. He was the imam of a Detroit mosque.

It will take several more weeks for Dearborn police to complete their investigation.

The FBI says Abdullah was a leader of a national radical Sunni group that wants to create an Islamic state within the U.S. His family has denied allegations that he was anti-government.

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