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Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by Nobody: 12:30pm On Aug 14, 2016
An imam and his assistant were shot dead as they walked along a street in the New York borough of Queens.
The men were approached from behind by a man who shot them both in the head, a police spokesman said.
Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, moved to the city from Bangladesh two years ago, reports in New York said.
Police said there were as yet "no indications" the men were targeted because of their faith.

A man holding a gun was seen leaving the scene of the shooting in the Ozone Park area, but no-one has been arrested.
Police said the suspect had a "medium complexion".
Imam Akonjee and his assistant Thara Uddin, 64, were shot a short walk from the al-Furqan Jame mosque at about 13:50 local time (17:50 GMT) on Saturday.
"He would not hurt a fly," Imam Akonjee's nephew Rahi Majid, told the New York Daily News. "You would watch him come down the street and watch the peace he brings"

The scene of the killing attracted mourners and demonstrators
Friends of Imam Akonjee told media he had just left the mosque after prayers when he was shot. The mosque serves the large Bangladeshi community in Ozone Park.
Dozens of people from the nearby Muslim community gathered at the scene to mourn and demonstrate, chanting "We want justice".
Some of those attending the rally said the shooting was a hate crime, although police said they were still investigating the motive.
Milat Uddin, who worships at the mosque, told Associated Press that authorities should treat the killing as a hate crime.

"We feel really insecure and unsafe in a moment like this," he told CBS New York. "It's really threatening to us, threatening to our future, threatening to our mobility in our neighbourhood, and we're looking for the justice."

"These were two very beloved people. These were community leaders," Afaf Nasher, of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Reuters. "There is a deep sense of mourning and an overwhelming cry for justice to be served."

"I understand the fear because I feel it myself. I understand the anger," said Sarah Sayeed, a member of New York mayor Bill De Blasio's staff who works as a liaison with Muslim communities. "But it's very important to mount a thorough investigation."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37074912

Re: Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by locosis007(m): 12:34pm On Aug 14, 2016
Too bad.
Rip to them


BTW
How will it belike if Donald trump should win?!!!

BLACKS AND MUSLIMS.
Re: Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by rawpadgin(m): 12:36pm On Aug 14, 2016
U.S & gangsterism are like.. ......

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Re: Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by Flexherbal(m): 12:37pm On Aug 14, 2016
Ah!
In broad day light. And even in New York.
Re: Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by Nobody: 1:01pm On Aug 14, 2016
locosis007:
Too bad.
Rip to them


BTW
How will it belike if Donald trump should win?!!!

BLACKS AND MUSLIMS.
There would be alot of chaos, and not just with the Muslims, also with blacks and gun control ish.
Just today, another man was killed in Minnesota, by a police man.
mukina2, HumbledbYGrace, oga lalasticlala how was service today?
Re: Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by vedaxcool(m): 2:50pm On Aug 14, 2016
All this points to the hateful atmosphere under trump vile rhetorics

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Re: Imam And His Assistant Shot Dead In New York by Nobody: 3:04pm On Aug 14, 2016
As it is, Trump is on his own. Even The Republicans are biting their fingers, they know they have made a mistake in Trump.
The next four years would be soo long for them, cos Clinton appears to be coasting home to victory

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