[New York Times] Nick Bunkley - FBI agents on Wednesday fatally shot Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, described as the leader of a violent Sunni Muslim separatist group in Detroit. Abdullah, whom the agents were trying to arrest in Dearborn on charges that included illegal possession and sale of firearms and conspiracy to sell stolen goods, refused to surrender and began firing at them from a warehouse. Abdullah led a faction of a group called the Ummah, which advocates the establishment of a separate nation within the U.S. governed by Islamic laws. Abdullah trained his followers in the use of firearms, martial arts and sword fighting, and directed them to conduct an "offensive jihad" against the U.S. government.
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