Muslim civil rights group calls for probe into Imam's death

A prominent Muslim civil rights group has called for an independent investigation into the death of a Michigan imam, who a leaked autopsy report has revealed was shot 21 times and then handcuffed during an October FBI raid in Detroit, Michigan.
Citing a source close to the investigation, a Detriot TV reported Saturday that an autopsy found Luqman Ameen Abdullah was shot in the chest, abdomen, thigh and back Oct. 28.
The Detroit Free Press, citing a person familiar with the case that it didn't name, also reported Saturday he was shot 21 times.
FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said she couldn't comment, according to media reports. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), other civil liberties groups and Democratic Congressman John Conyers, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, have all called for an investigation into the death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. Earlier this month, Conyers sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder to ask the Justice Department's civil rights division to investigate both the October shooting and whether the FBI violated the Constitution by using informants in mosques.
A report detailing the imams autopsy is scheduled for official release on Monday.
The shocking details of the imams autopsy raise a number of disturbing questions that need to be answered, Dawud Walid, executive director of CAIRs Michigan chapter, said in a statement. First of all, did the FBI agents follow established procedure when they shot the imam 21 times? How was the imam shot in the back? Was it proper procedure to handcuff either a dead body or a mortally-wounded suspect? If the agents found the imam alive following the shooting, did they call for medical assistance? All these questions need answers.