On a summer afternoon in Queens, New York, Imam Maulama Akonjee, a 55-year-old male of Bangladeshi descent, was walking home after leading prayers at the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid. It was August 13, 2016, and he was accompanied by his friend and assistant, 64-year-old Thara Uddin. The two men, dressed in religious attire, were well-known and respected figures in their close-knit Ozone Park community. As they walked, a lone gunman approached them from behind and, without a word, shot both men in the
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