Detroit Imam Killed, Six Arrested in an FBI Raid

[Bob J]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125677249132814537.html#mod=todays_us_page_one

DETROIT -- The African-American leader of a Detroit mosque was fatally shot Wednesday during a Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on what authorities called a criminal gang run by U.S. converts to Islam.

An FBI spokeswoman said six men were arrested in the raid on a suburban warehouse and two Detroit homes. The men were arrested on suspicion of a variety of offenses, including illegal possession of firearms, trafficking in stolen goods and altering vehicle identification numbers. Three suspects remain at large.

Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53 years old, who had previously been known as Christopher Thomas, refused to surrender. He shot a police dog before he was fatally shot by authorities, the U.S. attorney's office in Detroit said in a statement.

Mr. Abdullah was imam of the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque and was connected to a group known as "Ummah," a brotherhood that seeks to establish a separate state within the U.S. that would be ruled by strict Islamic or Sharia law, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Ummah's leader is Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who is now serving time in a prison for the murder of two police officers in Georgia. He was a prominent Black Panther during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Mr. Abdullah had become a person of interest to the FBI several years ago, partly for espousing the use of violence against law enforcement. He has trained members of his group in the use of firearms and martial arts in anticipation of some type of action against the government, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Authorities do not believe he has ties to such international terrorist groups as al Qaeda.

 

[FiremanBob]

How will we interrogate the six who were not sent to meet Allah? Can't waterboard them any more.

I've got it - make them listen to Dylan's Christmas album.

 

[Zappa]

There are still people living in Detroit?

 

[tele_mark]

There are still people [STRIKE]living [/STRIKE] existing in Detroit?

Fixed

 

[drgrant]

How will we interrogate the six who were not sent to meet Allah? Can't waterboard them any more.

I've got it - make them listen to Dylan's Christmas album.

Paul Mc Cartney's "Wondeful Christmastime" will work.

-Mike

 

[Prepper]

How will we interrogate the six who were not sent to meet Allah? Can't waterboard them any more.

I know! Make them live in Detroit! Oh wait....

 

[copterdoctor]

I don't have any "G" or "PG" rated comments on this one. We're not supposed to say anything unfriendly about the Religion Of Peace.
Sad to hear about the dog.

 

[Jose]

Bravo Zulu to the FBI

 

[richc]

Barry Manilow will bring them to their knees...

 

[EddieCoyle]

Now they got a local martyr.

 

[Skald]

I say have them look at naked pics of Teddy and tell them if they don't talk their 72 virgins would look like, or worse.

Of course, the UN and the world would say we were the ones being barbaric and cruel.

 

[kevin9]

Detroit [STRIKE]Imam[/STRIKE] Islamic Terrorist Leader Killed, Six Arrested in an FBI Raid

Title fixed.

Here's to hoping his "72 virgins" are like these: "Pull!"

 

[Garys]

How will we interrogate the six who were not sent to meet Allah? Can't waterboard them any more.

I've got it - make them listen to Dylan's Christmas album.

Better yet.

t's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

There is just one moon
And one golden sun
And a smile means
Friendship to every one
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

t's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

There is just one moon
And one golden sun
And a smile means
Friendship to every one
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

t's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

There is just one moon
And one golden sun
And a smile means
Friendship to every one
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

 

[terraformer]

This has nothing to do with islam and their religious conversion. They were thugs and the headline should have been. "Detroit Criminal Killed, Six Arrested in an FBI Raid". With a footnote he had a religious position.

 

[icyclefar]

This has nothing to do with islam and their religious conversion. They were thugs and the headline should have been. "Detroit Criminal Killed, Six Arrested in an FBI Raid". With a footnote he had a religious position.

Couldn't agree with you more!

 

[fencer]

This has nothing to do with islam and their religious conversion. They were thugs and the headline should have been. "Detroit Criminal Killed, Six Arrested in an FBI Raid". With a footnote he had a religious position.

But doesn't it say in the Koran that is is the responsibility of the devout to wage Jihad against the Infidels? I would respectfully suggest that it has something to do with the religion.

“put down the polytheists wherever you find them, and capture them and beleaguer them and lie in wait for them at every ambush” (Koran 9:5).

 

[sleeplessknight]

Do you know how much whacked-out sh*t is in the Bible, or the Torah? Hope you haven't eaten shellfish any time soon...

 

[JuergenG]

Title fixed.

Here's to hoping his "72 virgins" are like these: "Pull!"

Wasn't it all about meeting 72 mad Virginians ?

 

[fencer]

Do you know how much whacked-out sh*t is in the Bible, or the Torah? Hope you haven't eaten shellfish any time soon...

When the Bible was written people got sick or died from eating shellfish and pork. And while I am not very religious I don't remember reading anything that told you to kill people from all other religions. Especially not in the New Testament. The Old Testament does say "an eye for an eye". I've never read the Torah.

 

[mikem317]

We live in a police state. The Constitution means squat now (yes, the Constitution does protect people that wear funny towels on their heads, or at least it used to).

 

[Zappa]

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

Thanks Gary!

It only took 20 years following a trip to Disney World to finally get that tune out of my head. [sad2]

 

[Garys]

Thanks Gary!

It only took 20 years following a trip to Disney World to finally get that tune out of my head. [sad2]

You're better than me. It's been more than 30 and I still can't stand that song.

 

[Jose]

We live in a police state. The Constitution means squat now (yes, the Constitution does protect people that wear funny towels on their heads, or at least it used to).

What?

Do you honestly believe these people were upstanding citizens?

 

[tele_mark]

What?

Do you honestly believe these people were upstanding citizens?

He's saying the Constitution suddenly becomes important to those currently in power when it comes to Gitmo, not so much other times.

 

[Jose]

Luqman Ameen Abdullah skimmed 20 percent of the profit off the furs, electronics and other items his followers fenced, and he preached that it was OK for them to steal as long as they prayed, FBI agent Gary Leone wrote in an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint against 11 group members.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33547784/

 

[terraformer]

Luqman Ameen Abdullah skimmed 20 percent of the profit

Let me guess, this one converted from catholicism.