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August 15, 2016

NYC: Community Decries "Assassination" of Revered Imam
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In New York City, police say they've arrested a suspect in the killing
of a revered imam and his friend in Queens on Saturday. Mosque leader
Maulama Akonjee and friend Thara Uddin were walking home from prayers at
the Al-Furqan Jame Mosque just before 2 p.m., when a man approached them
from behind and shot them each in the back of the head at point-blank
range. Akonjee was a father of three from Bangladesh. On Saturday,
hundreds of people protested the killings. This is Zead Ramadan, the
president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of New York.

Zead Ramadan: "CAIR New York views this as an assassination. Someone
attacked-someone came from behind two imams of a masjid and shot them in
the head, both of them. They both passed away this afternoon-one DOA,
and one fought for his life, unsuccessfully, unfortunately. And our
heart goes out to their families, and our heart goes out to the
community."



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