In the early morning hours of January 3, 2024, a respected community leader, 52-year-old Hassan Sharif, was shot multiple times just outside the Masjid Muhammad mosque in Newark, New Jersey. The shooting occurred at approximately 6:15 a.m. as the male imam was preparing for the first of the five daily prayers in Islam. He was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition and succumbed to his injuries later that afternoon. Sharif was known as a cleric and an activist who advocated against g
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