Hundreds of Muslims gather in the spirit of moderation*

Hey, it's either that, or they came to mourn a dead criminal. At least I'm going to the effort of glamorising what is either complicity or outright cowardice:

Hundreds of people offered hushed prayers Saturday at the funeral for a slain Detroit mosque leader while authorities across the border in Canada made the final two arrests in a criminal case that is stirring some anger in the Muslim community.

Luqman Ameen Abdullah was remembered as a caring man who followed the tenets of his Islam faith as an imam, or prayer leader, of a small mosque north of downtown. Fellow imams said he was generous and a good brother, and no one mentioned the FBI's claim that he had a violent, anti-government ideology.

The FBI says Abdullah, 53, was fatally shot inside a suburban warehouse Wednesday after firing at agents and resisting arrest. Agents wanted him on charges of weapons violations and conspiracy to sell stolen goods, one of 11 people named in a criminal complaint.

Hell, I almost prefer him to Michael Jackson. Seriously though. Someone from this guy's mosque surely must have realized his, eh...rather interesting views, right? Or is this fellow the Islamic equivalent of Jeremiah Wright - nobody knew about what he stood for, even though he'd been preaching to them for years?

H/t to Small Dead Animals.

* ( This is my obligatory foaming Reicht-Winger Islamophobe post of the month. Bear with me; it's a health condition. )