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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

And, since they were shot in the back, and nothing was stolen, in the spirit of Seth Rich, it must have been a robbery.


81 posted on 08/13/2016 8:27:05 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: ExSES

Who cares. I want more pork rinds.


82 posted on 08/13/2016 9:57:14 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: mandaladon

2 down...


83 posted on 08/13/2016 10:36:43 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Noticed the similarity to the seth rich hit/arkancide


84 posted on 08/14/2016 12:32:39 AM PDT by thinden
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To: mandaladon

Yelling about unjust murders? Do they know the word “irony”?


85 posted on 08/14/2016 12:44:55 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: Sgt_Schultze

A robbery where several hundred dollars were left in the victim’s wallet.


86 posted on 08/14/2016 12:54:13 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: mandaladon

I wonder what this imam would have said about that priest in France who was muslimized?


87 posted on 08/14/2016 12:58:55 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey now baby, get into my big black car, I just want to show you what my politics are.)
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To: mandaladon

Asked this on another thread: Isn’t Ozone Park where John Gotti and the Bonnano mob used to operate? Maybe this a warning.


88 posted on 08/14/2016 3:50:13 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Rome2000

So where can I make a donation to the mob?


89 posted on 08/14/2016 12:58:49 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Trump has terrified the world's elite.)
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To: ExSES

Nonsense. The more they are denigrated the better.


90 posted on 08/14/2016 1:01:57 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Trump has terrified the world's elite.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine; fortes fortuna juvat

Yeah, except Gotti was Gambino.

I used to live underneath the A train a block away from where this happened and then after that across the street from Gottis club on 101st Ave.

Demographics in NYC neighborhoods change quick, all the Ozone Park Italians have retreated to Howard Beach and are holding the line against the mooselimbs at Liberty Ave and Cross bay Blvd.


91 posted on 08/14/2016 2:51:04 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: mandaladon

Quick, what do you call 2 gun downs imams outside a mosque Queens??......Oh you get the punch line.


92 posted on 08/14/2016 3:03:39 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: Rome2000

Thanks for the information. Be interesting to see if the Italians push back.


93 posted on 08/14/2016 5:38:02 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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