Friends call imam slaying a hate crime; cops say no motive

NEW YORK (AP) — The daylight slaying of a mosque leader and his associate set off fear and anguish among the Bangladeshi Muslim community in a New York City neighborhood and some say the killings appear to be an anti-Muslim hate crime.
But police say there is no evidence of that so far a day into the investigation.
Mashuk Uddin just couldn’t believe it was true, shaking as he heard the news that his brother, Thara, a devout Muslim, had been gunned down alongside an imam just blocks f