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Probe asked in FBI's slaying of extremist imam
By Niraj Warikoo

A noted critic of Detroit police abuse is calling for an independent investigation into the shooting death last week of a Muslim leader.

Meanwhile, the FBI said today it has dispatched a Shooting Incident Review Team to Detroit to investigate the incident, which is done when agents are involved in a shooting. Any report from that investigation is reported to the U.S. Department of Justice. Dearborn police also are conducting an investigation.

Ron Scott, head of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, said today he is concerned about the killing of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, an imam who headed Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit.

Abdullah was shot dead by FBI agents Wednesday in Dearborn after he allegedly fired at a police dog, killing it.

Abdullah and his followers are suspected of federal crimes and described as Islamic extremists in a criminal complaint.

“We’re concerned about the excessive force,” Scott said today. “We want to see an independent investigation.”

The family said Abdullah was shot 18 times, while the medical examiner’s office would only say he was shot multiple times.

Andrew Arena, special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI office, said agents acted appropriately.

Scott said the shooting “leaves more questions than answers.”

Scott is also concerned about the use of undercover informants in the case of Abdullah, which he said is “straight out of the playbook of J. Edgar Hoover,” referring to the former head of the FBI.

Local Muslims have raised concerns about the use of federal informants inside mosques.

According to the criminal complaint, federal authorities used informants to record Abdullah’s conversations. Arena has said that while the FBI may use informants, it does not target any person or group because of their religion.

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