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<font face="verdana" size=1>March 17,
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</a></font><font face="arial" size=6>Muslim group plans probe of imam's
death<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>Religious leader was
shot 21 times Oct. 28 by FBI agents in raid at Dearborn
warehouse<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><i>ORALANDAR
BRAND-WILLIAMS<br>
The Detroit News</i> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><i>Detroit</i> -- The local office of a
national Muslim civil rights organization said it plans to launch an
independent forensic investigation into the shooting death of a Detroit
Muslim cleric in October during an FBI raid.<br><br>
Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, head of Masjid Al-Haqq mosque, was shot to
death Oct. 28 during a raid on a Dearborn warehouse by FBI agents. They
say they shot the imam because he fired first at an FBI dog. Agents said
they were investigating Abdullah and several other men in connection with
a stolen goods operation.<br><br>
An autopsy report released Feb. 2 found Abdullah died from 21 bullet
wounds<br><br>
Lena Masri, a staff attorney for the Council on American-Islamic
Relations Michigan chapter, said Tuesday she has seen more than 75
autopsy photos and other photos of the dead imam.<br><br>
She said in the photos he is lying face down and is handcuffed. She also
said she was told by Wayne County Medical Examiner Carl Schmidt that
Abdullah's body was moved from the warehouse after he died and taken to a
nearby trailer. "Why was the body moved from the location?"
Masri asked. "We're concerned why the crime scene was
contaminated."<br><br>
Masri also said she noticed he was missing several front teeth. She said
the medical examiner told her the missing teeth did not indicate he had
fallen.<br><br>
"He said a lot more of his teeth would have been out had he
fallen," Masri added.<br><br>
More disturbing, Masri said, was that no ambulance was called for
Abdullah after the shooting.<br><br>
"They airlifted the dog to (an animal hospital) but an ambulance was
not called for a religious leader," Masri said.<br><br>
Local FBI officials were not available for comment.<br><br>
The civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department has launched an
investigation into Abdullah's death.<br><br>
On March 27, several community groups are hosting a town hall meeting to
discuss the investigation. The meeting will be at 2 p.m. at New Bethel
Baptist Church, 8430 Linwood.<br><br>
"The community concern (over the imam's death) is escalating. It's
not decreasing," said Dawud Walid, the executive director of the
Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan chapter. "I don't
just mean the Muslim community. I mean communities of various
faiths."<br><br>
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