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Article: Detroit Islamic group leader killed in FBI raid.
- Article from:
- Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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Summary: A leader of a Muslim separatist group was shot and killed by authorities in the Detroit area early Thursday as they moved to arrest him on federal criminal charges, the FBI said in a
A leader of a Muslim separatist group was shot and killed by authorities in the Detroit area early Thursday as they moved to arrest him on federal criminal charges, the FBI said in a statement.
Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, was a leader in a group known as Ummah or "the brotherhood," a mostly African-American group of converts to Islam that seeks to establish a separate Shariah law-governed state within the United States, the FBI said. The FBI said it employed "special ...