Muslim Advocacy Group Offers Reward in Shooting of NYC Imam

A Muslim advocacy group is offering a $10,000 reward to help solve the killings of a Muslim cleric and an associate in New York. The 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and 64-year-old Thara Uddin were shot at close range on a city street as they left afternoon prayers Saturday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it would make a formal announcement Monday about the reward. "We hope the offer of a reward will lead to the arrest and conviction of the individual who...

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