Muslim Coalition Calls for Probe Into FBI Shooting Death of Mich. Muslim

American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections asks FBI not to link
case to Islam

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Muslim Taskforce
on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic
organizations, is calling for an independent investigation into the death of
Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who was shot and killed by the FBI on Wednesday in
Detroit during raids in which a number of individuals were arrested on charges
unrelated to terrorism.

AMT is also calling on the FBI not to link the raids or the allegations
against the suspects to the Islamic faith.

In a statement, the Muslim coalition said:

"It is imperative that an independent investigation of Imam Luqman Ameen
Abdullah's death make public the exact circumstances in which he died. And
unless the FBI has evidence linking the criminal allegations to the religious
affiliation of the suspects, we ask that federal authorities stop injecting
religion into this case. The unjustified linkage of this case to the faith
Islam will only serve to promote an increase in existing anti-Muslim
stereotyping and bias in our society."

AMT is also urging the Congressional Tri-Caucus (Black, Latino, and Asian) to
call for a judicial inquiry.

In keeping with its charter, AMT works for civil rights of all Americans and
plans to hold a series of meetings across the United States, culminating in a
civil rights summit in Washington, D.C., to address growing civil and human
rights concerns of seven to eight million American Muslims.

AMT is an umbrella organization that includes American Muslim Alliance (AMA),
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Alliance in North
America (MANA), MAS-Freedom, Muslim Student Association-National (MSA-N),
Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA), and United Muslims of America (UMA). Its
observer organizations include American Muslims for Civic Engagement (AMCE),
Islamic Educational Council of Orange County (IECOC), the Islamic Society of
North America (ISNA), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC).

SOURCE American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections

AMT Chair Dr. Agha Saeed, +1-510-299-9313, aghaksaeed@yahoo.com