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Imam, Another Man Killed In Double Shooting After Leaving Mosque In Queens
CBS New York ^ | 13 Aug 2016

Posted on 08/13/2016 4:30:13 PM PDT by mandaladon

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An imam and another man are dead following a double shooting in Queens on Saturday afternoon.

CBS2’s Valerie Castro reported Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and a 64-year-old associate from his congregation were each shot in the head while on their way home from a local mosque by a man who came up behind them. The shooting took place near Liberty Avenue and 79th Street in Ozone Park around 2 p.m.

Witnesses said the imam from the Al-Furqan Masjid mosque had just delivered an afternoon service and was walking home with another member of the mosque when both men were gunned down.

The motivation behind the violence is still unclear, but many from the surrounding community who attend the mosque are calling this a hate crime.

“After prayer, he taught us how to live peacefully and how to help each other,” said Nazrul Islam of Ozone Park.

“A family man has been lost and a scholarly imam has been lost and we are devastated and we want … peace,” said Kobir Chowdhury of Ozone Park.

“We feel really insecure and unsafe in a moment like this,” said Millat Uddin of Ozone Park. “It’s really threatening to us, threatening to our future, threatening to our mobility in our neighborhood, and we’re looking for the justice.”

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: akonjee; blametrump; bluezones; drugs; drugwar; imam; imammurdered; islam; maulamaakonjee; mosque; muslims; newyork; nyc; oscarmorel; queens; trump; urban
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To: mandaladon

....my guess is a FATHER settling a score for a molested child


21 posted on 08/13/2016 4:40:43 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: mandaladon
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22 posted on 08/13/2016 4:40:47 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: mandaladon

Aww shucks.


23 posted on 08/13/2016 4:40:57 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: mandaladon

24 posted on 08/13/2016 4:41:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

Really?

Aren’t guns banned in Queens?


25 posted on 08/13/2016 4:42:04 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: mandaladon

“It’s really threatening to us, threatening to our future, threatening to our mobility in our neighborhood, and we’re looking for the justice.”

I’d be willing to wager that the biggest threat to a Muslim is another Muslim.


26 posted on 08/13/2016 4:42:21 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: mandaladon

Probably killed by one of the other “tribes/sects” of the Muslim religion.


27 posted on 08/13/2016 4:42:35 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: Califreak

Yeah, just awful. I’ll think about the tragedy while I eat some pork ribs for dinner. Not.


28 posted on 08/13/2016 4:43:28 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: mandaladon

Most Muslims are murdered by other Muslims


29 posted on 08/13/2016 4:43:30 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: mandaladon

Allahs will.


30 posted on 08/13/2016 4:43:44 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: dfwgator
Probably a muzzie who was just feeling down because he needed a job.
31 posted on 08/13/2016 4:44:29 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: PLMerite

You are missing the point. Starting with the Sunday tv political news shows and for the next 7 days, all the talk will be about Trump creating this environment hostile to XXXX.

He will be on the defensive for another 2 weeks, without any concrete information


32 posted on 08/13/2016 4:44:34 PM PDT by bob_esb
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To: mandaladon
The motivation behind the violence is still unclear, but many from the surrounding community who attend the mosque are calling this a hate crime.

No, not that! lol

Why would anyone in New York hate the "Religion of Peace?"

33 posted on 08/13/2016 4:46:22 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - vote Trump 2016)
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To: skimbell
Probably a muzzie who was just feeling down because he needed a job.

"Seems legit."

34 posted on 08/13/2016 4:46:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

No description of the killer. . .hmmm. . .standard when the attacker is a muslime — muslime on muslime attack?


35 posted on 08/13/2016 4:47:08 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: mandaladon

I just hope that the bullets weren’t hurt.


36 posted on 08/13/2016 4:48:29 PM PDT by chris37 (How do you make Republicans turn on their own candidate? Sneak up behind them and say "Boo".)
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To: Hulka

But give it just enough time to milk it against Trump.


37 posted on 08/13/2016 4:48:39 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

Well you can bet if one of his “congregants” was upset that he wouldn’t go along with the JIHAD and took the advice of the Quran to seek a’llah’s justice, this story will quietly disappear into the night.


38 posted on 08/13/2016 4:49:04 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: mandaladon
Regardless of the Perp..., the majority of comments I have seen are totally SICK! The individuals murdered are NOT to be denigrated in this manner! Let's await some FACTS (if any) to respectively comment upon!!!

The death of ANYONE is not to be ridiculed!!

39 posted on 08/13/2016 4:50:33 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: mandaladon

I blame Donald Trump!/s


40 posted on 08/13/2016 4:51:00 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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