Detroit mosque leader killed in FBI raids, two suspects still at large 10/30/09

DETROIT - Authorities captured the son of the slain leader of a radical Detroit-area Islamic group in Canada on Thursday, a day after the FBI arrested several members and a raid at a suburban warehouse ended in gunfire.
The FBI asked for the public's help in catching Yassir Ali Khan, 30, of Warren, and Ontario, and Mohammad Philistine, 33, of Ontario, the last of the 11 suspects in the case still at large and wanted on charges including conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms..

The FBI also emphasized that the group, a faction of the radical U.S. Sunni Islamic group Ummah, held beliefs that were not representative of mainstream Islam.

"Any Muslim who took a look at what these people believed would not recognize this as the Muslim faith," Andrew Arena, the head of the FBI in Detroit.

Local police arrested Mujahid Carswell, the 30-year-old son of slain group leader Luqman Ameen Abdullah, across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, where he lived, the FBI said.

Abdullah, 53, was killed during a shootout Wednesday with federal agents. Arena on Thursday declined to offer any other details about the raid.

"This is obviously something we don't relish. But in the end, we take solace that we took some bad people off the street," he said.

Neither Abdullah nor his co-defendants were charged with terrorism. But he was "advocating and encouraging his followers to commit violent acts against the United States," FBI agent Gary Leone wrote in an affidavit filed with the 43-page complaint Wednesday.

The FBI said Abdullah was imam of a faction of a radical group whose primary mission is to establish an Islamic state within the U.S.

"They're not taking their cues from overseas," said Jimmy Jones, a professor at Manhattanville College. "This group is very much American born and bred."

If you have information on their whereabouts you're asked to contact the FBI at (313) 965-2323

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[GudFella79]

All you ignorant brainwashed people are one news story away from what you think about any given issue. Isn't it obvious that his side of the story is not being presented here? Do you even care what his side of the story is? Of course not, because you are a people with little regard for the truth. But then again the news NEVER lies does it.

[aartyo]

yes yes is a religion of peace the don't cause any problems in this world today. lol

[islamsucksturds]

+1 for the feds, now about 50 million more to go.

[tsarbomba01]

@slaughery but the muslims are thhe extremists....right?

:(

[genefire]

@GudFella79 Thumbs up on your comment. As I read the comments here it just reminds me how Stupid most of our fellow citizens are. They still believe the Main Stream Media aka "InfoTainMent". They keep lying and manipulating stories because people like the ones commenting on this video believe their crap.

They only believe things that fit their own beliefs. Mostly I believe they just do it to justify their own prejudice.

[evilunixuser1]

Why do muzlimz all have such dumbass names? No Tom, Dick, or Harry; but have names that sound worse than pronouncing food dishes on a Chinese menu.

[LaOm33]

@slaughery i love a dead  American . p.s i am not muslim

[slaughery]

I love a dead muslim!

[jjbravo1000]

we must kill them all before they go on their planned killing spree, this cult has these retards believing they will get those 72 virgins if they die while killing us,get rid of them call a spade a spade get them out of our countries before they kill us all, they are all terrorists they tell us they aren't TAGIYYA, watch taigiyya jihad and see.