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Black man’s life worth less than a terrorist’s
A man is alleged to have committed crimes resembling organized crime by the FBI and is gunned down by the FBI and members of the Dearborn police department. Imam Luqman Abdullah, father of 13, was killed on October 28, 2009. There are competing stories about what actually happened that day. The public will never get the chance to know exactly what happened from the perspective of Imam Luqman as he cannot speak for himself. Many community accounts have been given about his generosity and how he would give anything he had to the Mosque and people in need. What is definite knowledge is that Imam Luqman was shot at least 18 times. He was handcuffed after being shot and no medical attention was sought for a man who allegedly committed what amounts to a felony, if even true. After attending a town-hall meeting in Detroit on Friday, November 6, 2009, it seems pretty clear to the people who knew him the most that these charges were not applicable to him. What is just shocking to the senses is that this man cannot defend nor speak for himself because he was shot at least 18 times after trying to stop a dog commanded to attack him from chewing him apart. He wasn’t wounded or given medical help. And it raises the question as to why? Why was this alleged criminal not saved? Was it because he is black and a black man’s life is still worth less than others? There is a great foundation of history to question why this one black man’s life was not saved.
In 1995, Timothy McVeigh otherwise known as the Oklahoma City Bomber was arrested by officer Hanger and taken into custody without incident. He indiscriminately killed men, women and children as they burned in the inferno created by his 4000-pound bomb in his rental truck. He committed acts of terrorism and was taken into custody without harm.
October 2002, John Mohammed, DC Sniper killed 10 people and critically injured others all along the Eastern seaboard of the United States and was taken into custody at a rest area without incident. An act of terrorism as the whole nation watched and were afraid to go outside.
November 2009, Major Nidal Malik Hasan commits acts of terrorism, treason and murder at Fort Hood. He was taken down by four shots to the chest and every effort is made to revive him. He is now talking and expected to make a full recovery. Although, it is still being debated in American law there is no doubt that according to Islamic law Major Hasan committed hiraba or terrorism. Terrorism in Islamic law is more broadly defined than American law. It is any aimless public violence that would frighten people from using the highways and by-ways. Major Hasan definitely engaged in terrorism under Islamic law. After shooting 13 people and wounding dozens more there is no human punishment available to reconcile the effects of the crimes this man committed. The reaction of the military was to save one of their own to get more information. These crimes are much more heinous than any of the alleged crimes that Imam Luqman of Detroit was accused of committing and yet he had to pay with his life; be handcuffed after being shot at least 18 times.
A gunman in Orlando, Jason Rodriguez opened fire on an office full of people killing one person and injuring five others. A terrorist act. He created fear in Orlando for people to even go out into the street. When he was apprehended it was done without incident. He was viewed through the curtains of his mother’s home. He was asked to present himself outside and taken into custody without injury. This man who took another human life and frightened a whole city and terrified a Country was taken without harm.
One has to wonder with real doubt why Imam Luqman Abduallah was gunned-down for alleged theft activity. Alleged theft activity where he never killed, maimed or terrorized anyone. Not wounded, not taken without incident, but bitten by a dog, shot at least 18 times and handcuffed. If you believe the accounts of the community he was also dragged across the floor spilling blood while the other suspects were made to walk through his blood. Where is the justice here?

