Mosque leader, one other shot and killed in Queens

QUEENS, N.Y. (KRQE)- New York City Police are searching for the man who fatally shot the leader of a mosque and his friend as they left afternoon prayers.
Police say 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and 64-year-old Thara Uddin were fatally shot by someone who approached them from behind, at their mosque in Queens, Saturday afternoon.
“I am deeply sadden to say that a lot of what’s behind this crime and other hate crimes that have happened to American Muslims is the anti-Muslim rhetor