
Community members pray outside the Al-Furqan Jame Mosque in Ozone Park after imam Maulama Akonjee and friend Thara Uddin were killed in the Queens borough of New York City, August 13, 2016. An imam and his assistant were both shot in the head and killed in New York Saturday, police said, in an attack with unclear motives. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League expressed its solidarity with New York’s Muslim community in the wake of the murder of an imam and his assistant leaving their mosque.
“We are shocked and horrified by this unthinkable tragedy and extend our sorrow and solidarity to the families of the victims and the broader Muslim community across New York City,” said Evan Bernstein, New York Regional director. “While the motivation for this crime is still being investigated, nothing can justify the killing of an innocent man walking from his place of worship.”
Bernstein called on the New York Police Department to investigate the murder as a possible bias crime.
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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http://www.jta.org/2016/08/14/news-opinion/united-states/adl-expresses-solidarity-with-ny-muslims-following-imams-murder