(Religion News) A decade after federal agents shot and killed a leading Detroit-area imam, Muslims in Michigan and around the country say they still have more questions than answers about the influential community leader’s death.
Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah led Masjid Al-Haqq in Detroit’s West Side until he was killed in a 2009 warehouse raid. Supporters say he may have been the first imam, and perhaps even the first mainstream faith leader, killed in the U.S. by federal authorities.
“This event really changed all of our lives in a second,” Abdullah’s daughter, 45-year-old Qiyamah Regan, said Saturday (Oct. 26) at a community discussion remembering the imam’s killing. “The way that it happened … we feel he was unjustly killed. Still living here in Michigan, I know I’ve been uncomfortable because of law enforcement and not feeling safe and secure.”
