Detroit mosque leader killed in FBI raids 10/28/09

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


All of the suspects surrendered peacefully during a raid at a warehouse at Michigan Avenue and Miller, except for the alleged ringleader, Luqman Ameen Abdullah. He fired his weapon and was shot and killed by FBI agents. A dog was also killed.

Seven suspects are in custody and three are on the loose. The suspects are facing federal charges for conspiracy to commit a number of federal crimes including theft from interstate shipments, mail fraud, tampering with a motor vehicle and illegal possession and sale of firearms.

Investigators say the suspects are part of a radical muslim convert group called "Ummah" which stands for "The Brotherhood." They are accused of engaging in very violent activities over the years.

The Ummah was originally headed by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rapp Brown. He is serving a prison sentence for the murder of two police officers in Georgia. He was also reportedly part of the "Black Panther" group back in the 1960s and '70s.

Mujahid Carswell, Mohammad Alsahi and Yassir Ali Khan are still at large.

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

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[Albertanator]

Such is Islam people...get used to it....Islam has been doing this for 1400 years because of its brutal teachings!

[MuscularDUDE]

Jesus is the only way to Heaven. I pray to God in JESUS name that Muslims realize that. The Koran is full of hate and it goes on to say how Muslims should kill all Christians and Jews. How can the allah be love? This allah teaches muslims to kill and hate... But our bible teaches us to love no matter what.... Our bible teaches that God/Jesus is love. Muslim if you really want a relationship with God accept Jesus in your heart. Then u will see that our God the real God is LOVE

[9223342]

Hey wake the fuck up people !!!!!!!!!.......their is no magical sky daddy.

[SuperObamabush]

U fucking retarded muslims,,everything to u allah fuckers are conspiracies, jewish media and hell. well go fuck ur islam, go fuck prophet mohammad, he sure was MAD, and go fuck ur pagan rock KABA..cunts, muslim bastards, muslim evil cunts, muslims are scums of this earth, thank god I left islam and it put it in the recycling bin....thank U INTERNET for opening up my eyes, i would have been lost without knowledge

[HlJAZIMAN]

@rudolfvalentin14

nah! just take care of those pig muslim. thats enough.

we need to rid these scums out off this planet

[ilovenewbii]

We have NO IDEA what happened that day..just cuz the "news" and "FBI" says something doesnt mean its true...think ppl think. If u think islam is a radical religion..go research how many muslims live in the USA ALONE..and why is it that all of them are law abiding tax paying good citizens..u just love to talk out of ur asses. If a christian man does something wrong..they'll judge him as a man not based on his religion..thats how brainwashed u are...

[islamsucksturds]

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

[lokrenzo]

@MuscularDUDE im hindu what ure opinion on my religion

[ALCALIPHA]

@Cardan011

THEN WHY DO THEY LOOK SO SILMILAR WRITTEN ??? WHY DID THEY COME FROM THE SAME REGION OF THE EARTH ??? THE ORIGOINAL SCROLLS WERE WRITTEN IN ARAMAIC AND JESUS SAID THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE "PEACE BE UPON YOU" AKA AS-SALAAM WA-LAIKUM ... WHY IS THAT ???

[Cardan011]

@ALCALIPHA only similarity between aramaic and arabic is that they are semitic language as hebrew is....so following your logic arabic=hebrew....so once again aramaic is not arabic and does not even sound like arabic

[foeasy16]

@MuscularDUDE It really depends on what version of the Bible you read. maybe Christianity might have a little more credibility if its scriptures weren't such a fuckin joke you might as well read harry potter than the bible at least j.k. rowling sticks to the fuckin script. Islam is immaculately preserved. All you are is just another white boy taking things out of the *Q*uran and contorting it in hopes you can draw anybody towards ur pathetic religion. Email me when u want to convert thats LOVE!