Ismail Raji alAl-Faruqi dan istrinya dibunuh di rumah mereka pada tanggal [[27 Mei]] [[1986]]. Pembunuhan ini dilakukan oleh Joseph Louis Young, juga dikenal sebagai Yusuf Ali, yang kemudian dihukum mati dan meninggal di penjara karena sebab alami pada tahun 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/18/us/black-muslim-charges-in-slaying-of-islamic-scholar-and-his-wife.html|title=Black Muslim Charged in Slaying of Islamic Scholar and His Wife|date=January 18, 1987|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1987-07-08/news/2595065_1_confession-young-knife|title=Confession Details Stalking, Slaying Of Islamic Scholars|last=O'Bryan|first=Ruth|date=July 8, 1987|website=The Morning Call|access-date=May 13, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011159/http://articles.mcall.com/1987-07-08/news/2595065_1_confession-young-knife|url-status=dead}}</ref>
