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.”
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....my guess is a FATHER settling a score for a molested child
Aww shucks.
Really?
Aren’t guns banned in Queens?
“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.
Probably killed by one of the other “tribes/sects” of the Muslim religion.
Yeah, just awful. I’ll think about the tragedy while I eat some pork ribs for dinner. Not.
Most Muslims are murdered by other Muslims
Allahs will.
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
No, not that! lol
Why would anyone in New York hate the "Religion of Peace?"
"Seems legit."
No description of the killer. . .hmmm. . .standard when the attacker is a muslime — muslime on muslime attack?
I just hope that the bullets weren’t hurt.
But give it just enough time to milk it against Trump.
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.
The death of ANYONE is not to be ridiculed!!
I blame Donald Trump!/s
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