Progressive Michigan Citizen Paper: FBI Murdered Imam

The Michigan Citizen which cites itself as being "America's most progressive community newspaper", needs a reality check. The raid on this Mosque and killing of an admitted enemy of America, had nothing to do with them being black or poor. Did it ever to occur to Muslims and their leftist supporters that continually playing the victim card, is like crying wolf? People are not buying it anymore.

FBI murders Detroit Imam, targets Muslims nationally

Imam Luqman Abdullah’s mosque predominantly Black, poor
By Diane Bukowski
Michigan Citizen

DETROIT — Over 1,000 Muslims from all over the country attended the funeral of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah at the Muslim Center of Detroit on W. Davison Oct. 31. Imam Abdullah, 53, the leader of the Masjid El-Haqq mosque, was shot to death Oct. 28 in an FBI “terrorism task force” raid at a Dearborn warehouse.

“Imam Luqman had faith and constantly strived to righteous deeds,” said Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, of Harlem’s Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, in published remarks during the funeral, “Imam Luqman had the consciousness, taqwa … I never heard him discuss any subject whatsoever, even sports, without talking about Allah.”

The mosque, whose membership is primarily Black, is located in a poor Detroit neighborhood on Clairmount near Linwood. The FBI also raided two homes on Tireman and Genesee in Detroit.

Twelve members of the mosque, including the Imam’s son Mujahid Carswell, have been arrested. A federal complaint against eleven of them, unsealed the day of the raid, cites charges of dealing in stolen goods, weapons possession and sales, and mail and insurance fraud. There are no “terrorism”-related charges. It says four of the 11 previously served prison time.

Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Division of the FBI Andrew Arena claimed that Imam Abdullah had opened fire inside the warehouse, which was returned by the FBI and other members of the task force, including the Dearborn police.

Imam Abdullah shot 18 times

Imam Adullah’s family members, who washed his body for burial in the Muslim custom, said he was shot at least eighteen times. The FBI reportedly airlifted a police dog killed during the melee but accorded no medical attention to the Imam.

“Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was known in Detroit for his many, many years of work feeding the hungry and housing the homeless. Instead of assassinating such leaders who help the people, the FBI should be raiding the bankers who are behind the growing hunger and homelessness,” said Mike Shane of the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice (MECAWI).

MECAWI planned a demonstration against the raid in front of the McNamara Federal Building Nov. 5. In a flier, the group noted that the FBI-charged Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey with mail fraud in the 1920s, worked with the KKK in murders and attacks on civil rights workers in the 50s and 60s, and likely orchestrated the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The FBI also raided, arrested and murdered Black Panther Party and American Indian Movement members in the 1960s.

In 2006, paid FBI provocateur and hate webcaster Hal Turner of New Jersey called on his audience to lynch former U.S. Congresswoman and Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney while she was still in office. Her objections, relayed to the Justice Department, met with no response.

The federal complaint against the Detroit Muslims paints Imam Abdullah as a radical advocate of the violent overthrow of the U.S. government.

It describes 10 undercover operations (UCO’s) authorized by the U.S. Justice Department against the mosque. They involved the transport and sale of goods “which the defendants believed were from out-of-state.”

All of the operations were instigated by the informants, as was the gathering at the Dearborn warehouse. The Detroit News reported that the warehouse itself was actually FBI-controlled.

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Michigan: Muslims Dominate Hamtramck City Council

Unfortunately for America the Islamic dominance in sections of Michigan is growing stronger, and stronger. Will the Islamic influence there get as bad as it is in the UK? Time will tell...

NOV. 4, 2009
Muslims given strong role in Hamtramck
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

After Tuesday's election, Muslims are to make up half of the city council members in Hamtramck, a percentage believed by advocates to be the highest Muslim representation in a municipality in the United States.

Two Muslim candidates, Kazi Miah and Mohammed Hassan, were elected Tuesday to the six-member Hamtramck City Council, joining incumbent Shahab Ahmed, whose seat was not up for re-election. All three have roots in the Muslim-majority country of Bangladesh, reflecting the growing Bangladeshi-American population in a city that was once known for its Polish Catholic community. Hamtramck also has Muslim residents from Bosnia and Yemen.

Another Muslim candidate, Abdul Algazali, narrowly lost an election Tuesday in Hamtramck for mayor to incumbent Karen Majewski by 123 votes. Algazali, of Yemeni descent, was previously a city councilman.

Miah, 30, said he moved to the United States with his parents 20 years ago to New York City and then Hamtramck 11 years ago. He remembers his parents not being able to afford new clothes for their children.

"I'm humbled," Miah told the Free Press today. "I'm the son of immigrants. My parents still don't speak English. I didn't speak one word of English when I came here. This is what the American dream is all about. I'm living it.

During the campaign, some of his critics "catered to the fear of me being a Muslim,"
Miah said.

But he said his campaign was for all Hamtramck residents, not for any one particular ethnicity or religion.

"I may look different, but I'm as American as you are," Miah said. "I love this city and country."

"I want to find things we all have in common, and not look for things that divide us," he said.

Miah has been a member of various groups and commissions in Hamtramck, including a Polish-American group, he said.

"I'm trying to unite people," Miah said.

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Michigan: 100's Mourn Imam of Hate

In the past Michigan Muslims have come out in support of a pro-Iranian Mullah supporting Imam, the Islamic terrorirst organization Hezbollah, and now are supporting America hating Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. Just like we see across the world, Islam destroys societies from within.

October 31. 2009
Hundreds mourn slain mosque leader
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News

Detroit-- Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral Saturday of a local mosque leader killed earlier this week in an FBI shootout.

Services for Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, were held at the Muslim Center. Abdullah was killed Wednesday at a Dearborn warehouse as he was being arrested in connection with several charges, including conspiracy, receipt of stolen goods and firearm offenses.
Eleven men also face charges related to the FBI raid. The complaint said many of the men were ex-convicts who were introduced to Islam in prison.

The FBI says the last two men in that group linked to Abdullah were arrested Saturday in Ontario, Canada.

The FBI says Mohammad Philistine and Yassir Ali Khan were taken into custody in the Windsor area. Both have ties there.

At the funeral, Derrick Ali, resident imam of the Muslim Center who addressed the media, said those who knew Abdullah feel "great sorrow."

"Most of us are in a state of shock," Ali said.

Ali said Abdullah's service included a brief prayer after people paid their respects. Abdullah was to then be buried.

Outside the Muslim Center on Saturday, those heading to the funeral jammed area parking lots, fields and nearby streets. Several large buses were used to bring people.

Federal authorities claim Abdullah was the head of a mosque called Masjid Al-Haqq, which consisted primarily of African-American Muslims, and was the head of a radical jihadist movement intent on carving out an Islamic state within the United States through violent means.

Court documents filed Wednesday identified Abdullah -- also known as Christopher Thomas -- as "a highly placed leader of a nationwide radical fundamentalist Sunni group."

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Detroit:1 Dead, 12 Sharia Loving Muslims Charged

Here is an update to yesterday's shoot-out in Detriot. Unfortunately I am not talking about a hockey game there.

FBI kills leader of radical Muslims; 12 charged
BY BEN SCHMITT, NIRAJ WARIKOO AND ROBIN ERB


The leader of a local mosque who authorities also are calling the head of an Islamic fundamentalist group was killed in a shootout with federal agents this afternoon during a series of raids that resulted in charges against a dozen men.

Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, leader of the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit, is accused in a federal complaint of heading a Sunni Muslim group with a mission of establishing a separate Islamic nation within the United States.

Abdullah, also known as Christopher Thomas, was gunned down after firing on officers as the FBI raided a Dearborn warehouse, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. An FBI canine also was fatally shot. Raids also were conducted in Detroit.

"The eleven defendants are members of a group that is alleged to have engaged in violent activity over a period of many years and known to be armed," a joint statement from the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office said.

A 12th man was arrested late Wednesday in connection with the investigation. Three of the men charged were at large Wednesday night.

Abdullah and the others were charged with conspiracy to commit several federal felony crimes, including illegal possession and sale of firearms and theft from interstate shipments.

Abdullah spoke of attacking Super Bowl XL

Abdullah believed he and his followers were soldiers at war against the government and non-Muslims.

"Abdullah told his followers it is their duty to oppose the FBI and the government and it does not matter if they die," FBI agent Gary Leone said in an affidavit unsealed today. "He also told the group that they need to plan to do something."

Abdullah, 53, of Detroit stayed true to his word as armed FBI agents raided a Dearborn warehouse at Michigan Avenue and Miller. Authorities said he refused to surrender, opened fire and then died in a shootout in which an FBI dog also was killed.

Agents also raided two Detroit homes in the 4400 block of Tireman and the 9200 block of Genessee. The affidavits and returns for those warrants were sealed today.


The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI in Detroit unsealed a 43-page document describing a sinister, radical fundamentalist group headed by Abdullah. The document notes conversations he had with undercover agents and federal informants that ranged from talking about attacking Super Bowl XL in Detroit to blowing himself up as a final act of courage.

"If they are coming to get to me, I'll just strap a bomb on and blow up everybody," he said in a March 21, 2008, conversation.

Federal officials said Abdullah was the leader of a group that calls itself "Ummah, a group of mostly African-American converts to Islam, which seeks to establish a separate Sharia-law governed state within the United States."

"The Ummah is ruled 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." Brown came to prominence in the 1960s as a leader of the Black Panther Party.

"He regularly preaches antigovernment and antilaw enforcement rhetoric," Leone said of Abdullah in the affidavit. "Abdullah and his followers have trained regularly in the use of firearms and continue to train in martial arts and sword fighting."

Why Abdullah and his followers chose Detroit as their haven remains unknown, Detroit FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said today.

Authorities said none of the charges levied today are terrorist-related. Abdullah and 11 suspects were charged with felonies including illegal possession and sale of firearms, mail fraud to obtain the proceeds of arson, theft from interstate shipments and tampering with motor vehicle identification numbers.

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Islamocon Alert! 8 Michigan Mosques to Spread Lies to the Infidels!

Eight Michigan Mosques are banding together to "dispel" Islamic stereotypes. Which loosely translated means that they are going to lie through their teeth.

Open houses aim to dispel Muslim stereotypes
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO

Called "Meet your Muslim neighbor," open houses are to be held today at eight mosques in metro Detroit in an effort to help dispel stereotypes about Muslims. It's believed to be the first time that local mosques have coordinated together on a one-day event to educate non-Muslims about Islam.

Really, will they educate non-Muslims to the fact that Islam allows Muslims to lie?

From the "lying" chapter of Reliance of the Traveller
A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law

R8.2 The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,

‘He who settles disagreements between people to bring about good or says something commendable is not a liar.’

This much is related by both Bukhari and Muslim, with Muslim’s version recording that Umm Kulthum added,

‘I did not hear him permit untruth in anything people say, except for three things: war, settling disagreements, and a man talking with his wife or she with him (A: in smoothing over differences.)’

This sure leaves the door open for a lot of lying.

"When people hear the word 'Islam,' they don't know what to think," said Rashid Taufiq, 57, of Rochester Hills, who is coordinating the open houses with the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan.

I know what to think....Islam is a religion/political ideology that calls for the dominance of non-Muslims.

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YUSUFALI: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

"They read about some terrorist activity in some other part of the world. They don't know what to make of a Muslim who might be a next door neighbor. ... A Muslim is no different from any other American in this country."

Well to be honest I do not know one non-Muslim that follows an ideology that commands them to fight on until everyone follows their beliefs.

Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have."

If Muslims are just like everyone else how does this Koran verse play out?

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YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.

Muslims are not supposed to take Jew and Christians as friends. If Muslims are like everyone else here, that would mean that Jews and Christians should not be friends with one another or their own people. But this verse states that they are. Try making some sense in your Islamocon.

Finally if Muslims are just like anyone else here in America, please explain how under Islam Jesus is supposed to come back to destroy the cross relates to the Christians of America?

Book 37, Number 4310:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus (peace_be_upon_him). He will descent (to the earth). When you see him, recognise him: a man of medium height, reddish fair, wearing two light yellow garments, looking as if drops were falling down from his head though it will not be wet. He will fight the people for the cause of Islam. He will break the cross, kill swine, and abolish jizyah. Allah will perish all religions except Islam. He will destroy the Antichrist and will live on the earth for forty years and then he will die. The Muslims will pray over him.


Are you implying that Christians want their own religion destroyed? To be honest non-Muslims and Muslims sound like polar opposites.

Feds May Look Into Attack on Ann Arbor Muslims

I am completely against what happened to these two teenagers, but I am also against Muslims continually using our freedoms to try and get non-Muslims to respect Islam. Would the Feds even be interested if this was about non-Muslims? I am sure that the Islamic loving Department of Justice, will be more than happy to accommodate them.

Feds may look into attack on Ann Arbor Muslims
Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News

Ann Arbor -- The attorney for two Muslim teens attacked last month aboard a school bus is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to step in after Washtenaw County prosecutors decided not to file ethnic intimidation charges in the case.

The girl, 16, and her brother, 15, were attacked Sept. 8 after they left Skyline High School.

They said the incident began aboard a school bus and escalated after they got off the bus several blocks from their home.

The girl said a group of black teens removed her hijab, a traditional head scarf, and yelled ethnic slurs at her and her brother before punching her. The girl suffered a black eye and said she required stitches to the top of her head. Neither teen is being identified.

The prosecutor's office said it found no evidence the attack was motivated by their ethnicity.

"We did not feel there was sufficient evidence to justify prosecution for that based on information that was gathered by the Ann Arbor Police Department," said Steven Hiller, the deputy chief assistant prosecutor for the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.

The girl's attorney, Nabih Ayad, expressed outraged over the prosecutor's decision.
Ayad said the case "is clear" that the girl was a victim of a hate crime and said he will be filing a civil lawsuit.

Dawud Walid, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan, said his office "will be closely monitoring the outcome of the court proceedings as well as any possible involvement in this matter by the U.S. Department of Justice."

The four attackers will still face juvenile civil charges, Hiller said. He would not elaborate on what punishment they may receive.

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CIA Chief to Michigan Muslims, "The Nation Needs you"

Obama's crew just continues to bow down to the Islamic community, practically begging them to respect us. They are also masters of ignoring facts. The first being that Peter King has stated that Muslims do not cooperate. The second being that US Muslims have said that their Mosques and Koran are off limits. That certainly is not cooperating, but apparently we are going to have to learn the hard way. Just like Europe is.

CIA boss asks US Muslims to aid anti-terror effort
By JEFF KAROUB
DEARBORN, Mich. — The director of the CIA beseeched Arab-American and Muslim leaders Wednesday to join efforts to reduce the threat of terrorism in the U.S.

Speaking in the heart of Michigan's large Middle Eastern Community, Leon Panetta said the country is safer than it was when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, though al-Qaida still remains a threat.

"I need you. The nation needs you," Panetta said during a 25-minute speech to about 150 people at an iftar, the evening meal that breaks the fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

The address represented one of the Central Intelligence Agency's highest-profile recruiting efforts aimed at Arab-Americans and Muslims. Panetta said it was his first speech at a Ramadan break-fast dinner.

The agency this year announced a five-year plan to boost fluency in Arabic and other languages the CIA deems critical to its work. Panetta aims to raise foreign language proficiency inside the CIA from less than a third to at least half of all analysts and intelligence operatives.

He told the gathering he hopes to increase the share of the agency's work force that has foreign language skills. The agency seeks highly skilled workers in 90 different areas, including analysts, engineers and doctors, he said.

"We have to reflect the face of this nation, and we have to reflect the face of the world," said Panetta, drawing applause from the gathering.

Earlier, he told reporters he never considered resigning from the job he took in February, despite a battle with Attorney General Eric Holder over Holder's his decision to investigate some agency officials in past interrogations of terrorism case detainees.

"My concern is ... that we don't get trapped by the past. My feeling is ultimately, we're going to be able to move on," Panetta said. "I think the reason I felt the way I did is because I don't believe there's a basis there for any kind of additional action."

He also sought to allay concerns of many in the Arab and Muslim communities who say they have felt the sting of suspicion and discrimination since Sept. 11. About 300,000 people with roots in the Arab world live in the Detroit area.

"President Obama has done a tremendous amount of outreach in the Muslim community," Panetta said. "He very much considers them part of the American family."

Imam Hisham al-Husainy of Dearborn's Karbalaa Islamic Center said he originally thought he shouldn't attend because he wanted to remain independent. But he said his faith compelled him to help the Obama administration.

"I don't want to be CIA. ... But I will be an American Muslim who wants to bring peace and love between Muslims and Christians," said al-Husainy, who sat at the same table with Panetta. "Maybe I'll have a burden to pay later on, but I'm proud of what I'm doing."

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Sept.16Th:CIA Outreach, Dearborn Michigan

The US government is just doing a wonderful job at bowing down to the Islamic community. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder went to a LA Mosque pledging to advance religious freedoms for Muslims. While some US military "leaders" are practically crawling on their knees begging Muslims to respect us. Now the CIA has joined in on the Islamic love fest. These are the same policies that the UK has tried and we will get the same results. FAILURE.

CIA director, community leaders to meet

DEARBORN — Leon Panetta, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is scheduled to meet with local Arab and Muslim community leaders during a Sept. 16 visit to Dearborn.

The CIA has implemented a sweeping outreach and recruitment campaign in Arab American communities over the last several years, seeking out speakers of Arabic and other Middle East languages.

The visit comes weeks after the release of records detailing harsh, Bush-era CIA interrogation and rendition programs, and the disclosure of a secret, unsuccessful program in which private Blackwater USA security contractors were hired to assassinate suspected terrorists.

Panetta was appointed CIA Director by President Barack Obama in February and has battled Attorney General Eric Holder over the release of interrogation records and Justice Department investigations of agency officials. In June, Panetta called an emergency meeting to tell Congress that the agency withheld details of the relationship with Blackwater contractors and that he officially ended the program shortly after learning of its existence.

Over the past several years, the CIA has sponsored and maintained a presence at countless Arab American annual functions, including fundraising events for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Arab American and Chaldean Council, the Arab American Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, spending tens of thousands on booths, banners and advertising.

CIA spokespeople have said the number of job applications coming out of the Detroit area has risen significantly since the effort began.

Other top agency officials met with Arab American leaders in Southfield earlier this year.

CIA spokesman George Little told the Detroit News Tuesday "These individuals have the kinds of skills, knowledge and experiences that can strongly advance our vital intelligence mission and protect the nation's security."

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Michigan:Non-Muslim Med Students Fast to "Understand" Muslims

Obviously I have posted numerous articles here about non-Muslim Brits catering to Islam. To be honest, the US is no better in this regard. Michigan medical students have played right into the hand of the U-M’s Muslim Medical Students Association who had sponsored Fast-A-Thon Wednesday. Trust me it wouldn't be long until the non-Muslims students are asked to do more to "understand" Muslims. Our clock is ticking, and we are not even fighting.

University of Michigan medical school students, faculty fast for a day to better understand Muslim patients
Tina Reed

Long before sunrise Wednesday morning, second-year University of Michigan medical student Jess Guh and some of her classmates dragged themselves to Denny’s restaurant to grab a bite to eat.

They don’t typically eat that early, but they wanted to get something in their stomachs before fasting for the Muslim observance of Ramadan.

“It’s the only place that’s open at 4 in the morning,” Guh said.

She and many of her medical school friends aren’t Muslim, but as future physicians, they were trying to better understand how annual Ramadan fasting would affect the lives of their Muslim patients.

They were among about 100 students and about a dozen faculty who participated in the Muslim Medical Students Association’s Fast-A-Thon Wednesday. The event encourages members of the medical school community to try to adhere to the traditional fast from eating or drinking anything between dawn to dusk for one day of Ramadan. U-M was one of many campuses across the United States with similar events.

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The observance is meant to teach charity and patience, among other things, said Hasan Siddiqi, a leader of U-M’s Muslim Medical Students Association. On Wednesday evening, they attended a reception to break the fast with Pakistani foods, and several speakers talked about the significance of the observance.

The idea behind the event is that if a provider can understand where a patient is coming from in their religious practices, they’ll be able to find ways to accommodate those practices or better explain why they aren’t medically safe, Siddiqi said.

The hope is to also build awareness and commonality between Muslims and non-Muslims in the medical community, he said.

Still dressed in his scrubs from his rotation in the surgery department Wednesday, Wajeeh Muhammad — who is Muslim — said he appreciated the effort many of his non-Muslim counterparts were making. It will benefit them in the future as physicians, he said.

“The first couple days of this are tough. The most difficult part is not drinking water. It is tiring,” Muhammad said.

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Michigan Muslims Mourn Pro-Iranian Iraqi Religious Leader

Hundreds of Muslims in Michigan are expected to attend a memorial for Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Al-Hakim was an Iraqi religious leader who also lead the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. The council is backed by Iran and they are said to follow the teachings of the now deceased Supreme Ruler Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

It is very telling that American Muslims find the time to come out in support of this man, or pro-Hezbollah and anti-Israel protests. But they do not say a word about the Islamic preachers of hate within America.

Michigan Shi'ite Muslims mourn Iraqi leader’s death
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO

Memorials are planned for tonight and Friday in Dearborn as local Shi’ite Muslims mourn the death of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, an Iraqi religious and political leader who is well-known in metro Detroit’s Shi’ite communities.


Hakim, who once headed Iraq’s biggest political party, visited Michigan in December 2006, speaking at local Lebanese Shi’ite, Iraqi and Chaldean centers after meeting with then President George W. Bush. Hakim, 59, died Wednesday.

“It’s a great loss,” said Imam Husham Al-Husainy, head of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn. “It’s very sad. People are crying and coming into the center.”

Hundreds are expected to attend the services at the Karbalaa center in Dearborn. And many are watching the funeral services in Iran on satellite TV stations, Al-Husainy said.

Hakim was head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, formerly known as SCIRI, Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. He hailed from a prominent Shi’ite family of scholars and teachers.

Hakim was a prominent supporter of the Iraq war and met often with U.S. leaders.

Al-Husainy compared the death of Hakim to the death this week of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, in that both came from noted political families.

“As the Kennedy family is to America … the Hakim family is to Iraq,” Al-Husainy said.

Many of Hakim’s family members were killed by the former regime of Saddam Hussein, and he spent his life trying to win freedom for Iraqis, Al-Husainy said.

In metro Detroit, Shi’ites of Iraqi descent admired him, as did Lebanese-American Shi’ites.

In December 2006, Hakim spoke to Shi’ite Muslims at Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn, a hall named after a town in southern Lebanon largely populated by Shi'ite Muslims.

He told the crowd that Al Qaeda and remnants of the former regime of Saddam Hussein are behind the terrorist violence in Iraq.

“It's not the Shi'ites doing this,” Hakim said through a translator. “It's not the Sunnis doing this. It's the terrorists, the outsiders.”

Hakim also spoke to Chaldeans, Iraqi Catholics, in Southfield and West Bloomfield, and at the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn.

Hakim stressed religious and ethnic unity in his talk, noting that Shi'ites, Sunnis, Arabs, Kurds, Turkomen and Christians have long lived together in Iraq.

The recent violence between the groups is an aberration -- not the historical norm -- he said.

“We have nothing against each other,” Hakim said. “We go back hundreds of years, living together.”

Hakim’s son, Amar al-Hakim, viewed as a popular successor, also visited metro Detroit, speaking at local centers in August 2005. And decades ago, Hakim’s older brother, Mahdi Al-Hakim, also visited metro Detroit, meeting with local imams, Al-Husainy recalled.

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Native Iraqi Muslim Sues Michigan Court over Headscarf

A native Iraqi Muslim woman is suing a Michigan Judge because he asked her to remove her headscarf. Recently a Michigan Supreme Court ruling gave judges the power to dictate what witnesses can and cannot wear while testifying .

Muslim woman told to remove scarf sues Mich. judge
By BEN LEUBSDORF

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A Muslim woman on Wednesday sued a Michigan judge for telling her to remove her headscarf in his courtroom, claiming he violated her First Amendment right to practice her religion.

Raneen Albaghdady, 32, says she felt humiliated when Wayne County Circuit Judge William Callahan ordered her to remove her hijab at a June 16 hearing in his Detroit courtroom. The headscarf, which does not cover the face, is worn by many Muslims in the U.S.

"This is the country and the land of freedom, and we're not supposed to be treated like this for the scarf," the Dearborn Heights woman said at a news conference Wednesday at the Southfield headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relation's Michigan chapter, which joined in the federal lawsuit against Callahan and Wayne County.

A courtroom video of the hearing shows Albaghdady appearing before Callahan wearing a loose headscarf.

"No hats allowed in the courtroom," Callahan told her.

"This one?" she asked, touching her scarf. "Ah, OK. It doesn't matter."

Albaghdady pushed back her headscarf for the rest of the hearing on her request to change her name. Callahan denied the request on technical grounds.

"Judge Callahan and the court have the greatest respect for spiritual practices and all religious preferences," Callahan said in a statement released by the court. "Had he been informed that the head covering had some religious significance, the judge would have permitted Ms. Albaghdady to continue wearing it in court."

Albaghdady, a native of Iraq, said Wednesday she was intimidated by Callahan and feared she would be arrested if she refused to remove her hijab.

"I come from a country where you can't say no to a judge in a courtroom," she said.
Some Muslims believe Islamic law requires women to wear a headscarf, veil or burqa in the presence of a man who is not a close relative.

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order judges in Wayne County to allow the wearing of the headscarf in court.

Wayne County, which includes Detroit, is home to one of the nation's largest Muslim populations.

In another situation involving veils, the Michigan Supreme Court voted June 17 to give judges wide authority over the appearance of witnesses. The rule was adopted after a Muslim woman refused to remove her niqab, or face veil, while testifying in a 2006 small-claims case. Hamtramck District Judge Paul Paruk dismissed Ginnnah Muhammad's case as a result.

Albaghdady appeared before Callahan the day before the state Supreme Court approved the rule. Her lawsuit does not challenge it or address the issue of face veils, said her attorney, Nabih Ayad.

"That's for a later case," he said.

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Arabs Fill the Bill in Dearborn Michigan Elections

Once more Muslims get into a positions of power in Dearborn, we will see them throw their weight around to advance their Islamic agenda. Just like they did at the last Dearborn Arab International Festival.

Get out and vote!
07.31.2009

Voters go to the polls next Tuesday, August 4, for the city of Dearborn's primary election. Twenty five candidates will vie for 14 spots on the ballot in the November 3 general election, when seven of them will be voted in to seats on the city council. An unprecedented eight candidates are of Arab descent in the city council primary. This is an unprecedented number of Arab American candidates and it would be a shame if turnout is low. Dearborn's races for mayor and city clerk are not included in the primary this year.

There is a lot of fresh blood on the ballot this year as well as four reliable incumbents who have shown they care about the Arab American community. The Arab American News urges everyone to get out and vote. Polls are open August 4 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. With pleasure The Arab American News endorses the following candidates. We recommend voters choose seven out of the following ten.

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Michigan:Islamic Games 09 July 24-26

Recently we saw a video exposing how Muslims in Michigan oppressed and attacked Christians at the 14Th annual Arab International Festival. Now on July 24-26 Muslims will hold the Islamic Games 09 in the Islamic capital of the USA, Michigan. The main goal of the event is to strengthen the Muslim community. Like I have been saying, they are not here to assimilate, they are here to stick together, expand, and eventually try and take over.

The Islamic Games was initially held in the late 80’s and early 90’s. After some years, as the Muslim population increased and their needs grew, the Islamic Games embarked to operate at a higher level to accommodate the expansion. Many more events, certified officials, appropriate venues, and a greater participation lead the Committee to build an organization that would ensure that the Islamic Games is presented professionally while becoming a major annual attraction for North American Muslims.

The Islamic Games is somewhat like the PanAm Games or the Asian Games or the Commonwealth Games; it brings athletes of the similar denomination to compete and network with each other. In this instance, the Islamic Games provides a forum for Muslim athletes and teams to participate in sports and athletics with others in a Halal environment. Islamic Games plans to host regional games in the USA that would culminate at a National Islamic Games.

The Islamic Games also provides an ideal opportunity for Muslim companies as well as companies interested in the American Muslim market to gain ready access to the Muslim community. With the growing interest and increasing attendance at Islamic Games events sponsorship and vending are very lucrative opportunities.

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Michigan:Muslim Mob Surrounds and Attacks Christians~Video

This is a video from this years Arab International Festival taking place in the Islamic capital of the USA, Michigan. It was not enough that Sharia loving Muslims were able to stop Christians from handing out Christian literature in the festival, so they also had to gang up and punch other law abiding Christians. Things are starting to look like the UK here. Wake up guys, the enemy is in our backyard.



Hat tip to Doctor Bulldog & Ronin
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