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A child on a bicycle, in the damaged street PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #boy #damage #street #jobar: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
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INDIA - A Kashmiri protestor throws a stone at Indian government forces in downtown Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
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INDIA - A man walks as a police armoured vehicle blocks a road towards Lal Chowk in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
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Drought ravages Lesotho as water is exported to South Africa: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 12 August 2016
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PHILIPPINES - A boy puts his pigs in a temporary shelter to protect them from flooding in San Mateo. By Ted Aljibe: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
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PHILIPPINES - People push a "jeepney" out of a flooded street in Manila. By @Herime23: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
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Entire #Damascus can see how #Assad bombs the #Jobar quarter. How can they sleep at night?: image via Julian Röpcke @JulianRoepcke, 10 August 2016
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Memories remain, war does not hide, old photographs in the destroyed houses, in Damascus Jobar PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
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Memories remain, war does not hide, old photographs in the destroyed houses, in Damascus Jobar PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
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Memories remain, war does not hide, old photographs in the destroyed houses, in Damascus Jobar PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
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#Hamoria in three days. Continued strike on commonalty, within the town PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #SYRIA #GHOUTA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 July 2016
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#Hamoria in three days. Continued strike on commonalty, within the town PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #SYRIA #GHOUTA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 July 2016
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#Hamoria in three days. Continued strike on commonalty, within the town PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #SYRIA #GHOUTA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 July 2016
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Children playing during the days of Eid, in the Eastern Ghouta. PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #children #Eid #photo #play: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 8 July 2016
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Swimming pool in rebel-controlled Hamouria, eastern Ghouta, outskirts of #Damascus @AFPphoto by @abdfree2 #Syria: image via Jean-Marc Mojon @mojobaghdad, 26 May 2016
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SYRIA - A rebel fighter waits to break his fast during the Ramadan in Jobar near Damascus. By @abdfree2 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016
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SYRIA - Funeral in Qamishly of fighters from an Arab-Kurdish alliance killed by IS in Manbij. By @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016
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20 students killed and injured by saudi airstrike on their school in #Haydan area north of #Yemen: image via jahaf @A7medJ7af, 13 August 2016
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Aftermath of an alleged airstrike on a school in #Saada #Yemen. 9 kids claimed killed.- @HussainBukhaiti: image via ConflictNews @Conflicts, 13 August 2016
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Before and After: #US-made smart bombs used by #Saudi #UAE jets on our village youngest killed 4 years old Saleh AlBukhaiti#Yemen: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti. 10 December 2015
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Before and After: #US-made smart bombs used by #Saudi #UAE jets on our village youngest killed 4 years old Saleh AlBukhaiti#Yemen: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti. 10 December 2015
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Before and After: #US-made smart bombs used by #Saudi #UAE jets on our village youngest killed 4 years old Saleh AlBukhaiti#Yemen: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti. 10 December 2015 ![]()
Deif Allah al-Fadhli, in his late seventies, the religious school teacher, bombed on 13/Aug 8/9am by #Saudi #UAE: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti, 13 August 2016
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MKE is in a place of unrest...pray for my city. #MilwaukeeUprising #Milwaukee: image via Shauntay Nelson @sn4sbcglobalnet, 13 August 2016
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Here's the crowd gathered near the scene Sherman Blvd near Auer before the rocks started flying: image via Mike De Sisti @mdesisti,13 August 2016
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People looting gas station and shouting "British Petroleum go home!" #MilwaukeeUprising: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
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BP gas station and multiple cars on fire right now in #Milwaukee after police shoot and kill another man: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
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Protesters attempting to take down traffic light near Burleigh and Sherman in Milwaukee: image via Steven Radmer @Steven_R, 13 August 2016 Omaha, NE
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What your witnessing is not a riot, its a slave revolt #MilwaukeeUprising #RaceSoldiers: tweet via AC Uhuru @AcUhuru, 13 August 2016
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Bank now on fire in #Milwaukee: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
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Bank now on fire in #Milwaukee: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
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Violence tonight following an officer-involved shooting: image via Journal Sentinel @journalsentinel@,13 August 2016
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Another pic of the burning car. PPL on scene said it was a cop car. Hard to tell.: image via Mike De Sisti @mdesisti,13 August 2016
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Auto Parts store now on fire on 35th and Burleigh in #Milwaukee: image via Steven Radmer @Steven_R, 13 August 2016 Omaha, NE
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O'reilly auto parts still on fire. #Milwaukee: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
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#Milwaukee right now. Multiple buildings on fire, looting, shots being fired, pure chaos.: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
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#Milwaukee right now. Multiple buildings on fire, looting, shots being fired, pure chaos.: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
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#Milwaukee right now. Multiple buildings on fire, looting, shots being fired, pure chaos.: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
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Officer seen outside mpd district 3 with a shotgun or rifle: image via Jeff @jjview, 13 August 2016
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Officer seen outside mpd district 3 with a shotgun or rifle: image via Jeff @jjview, 13 August 2016
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Officer seen outside mpd district 3 with a shotgun or rifle: image via Jeff @jjview, 13 August 2016
![People gather for a demonstration Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, near a crime scene after an imam and his friend were fatally shot while walking home from a mosque. Police said 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and his 64-year-old associate, Tharam Uddin, were shot in the back of the head as they left the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in the Ozone Park section of Queens.]()
People gather for a demonstration Saturday, 13 August, near a crime scene after an imam and his friend were fatally shot while walking home from a mosque. Police said 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and his 64-year-old associate, Tharam Uddin, were shot in the back of the head as they left the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in the Ozone Park section of Queens.: photo by AP via VOA News, 14 August 2016
![A crowd of community members gather at the place where Imam Maulama Akonjee was killed in the Queens borough of New York City, August 13, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith]()
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The killing appears to be targeted at these individuals, as there were other people around.: image via Imraan Siddiqi @imraansiddiqui, 13 August 2016
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A child on a bicycle, in the damaged street PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #boy #damage #street #jobar: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
INDIA - A Kashmiri protestor throws a stone at Indian government forces in downtown Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
INDIA - A man walks as a police armoured vehicle blocks a road towards Lal Chowk in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
Drought ravages Lesotho as water is exported to South Africa: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 12 August 2016
PHILIPPINES - A boy puts his pigs in a temporary shelter to protect them from flooding in San Mateo. By Ted Aljibe: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
PHILIPPINES - People push a "jeepney" out of a flooded street in Manila. By @Herime23: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2016
Entire #Damascus can see how #Assad bombs the #Jobar quarter. How can they sleep at night?: image via Julian Röpcke @JulianRoepcke, 10 August 2016
Memories remain, war does not hide, old photographs in the destroyed houses, in Damascus Jobar PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
Memories remain, war does not hide, old photographs in the destroyed houses, in Damascus Jobar PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
Memories remain, war does not hide, old photographs in the destroyed houses, in Damascus Jobar PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 13 August 2016
#Hamoria in three days. Continued strike on commonalty, within the town PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #SYRIA #GHOUTA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 July 2016
#Hamoria in three days. Continued strike on commonalty, within the town PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #SYRIA #GHOUTA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 July 2016
#Hamoria in three days. Continued strike on commonalty, within the town PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #SYRIA #GHOUTA: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 July 2016
Children playing during the days of Eid, in the Eastern Ghouta. PH: ABDULMONAM EASSA #children #Eid #photo #play: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 8 July 2016
Swimming pool in rebel-controlled Hamouria, eastern Ghouta, outskirts of #Damascus @AFPphoto by @abdfree2 #Syria: image via Jean-Marc Mojon @mojobaghdad, 26 May 2016
SYRIA - A rebel fighter waits to break his fast during the Ramadan in Jobar near Damascus. By @abdfree2 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016
SYRIA - Funeral in Qamishly of fighters from an Arab-Kurdish alliance killed by IS in Manbij. By @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016
ου μαθειν τι δειν αλλα παθειν
20 students killed and injured by saudi airstrike on their school in #Haydan area north of #Yemen: image via jahaf @A7medJ7af, 13 August 2016
Aftermath of an alleged airstrike on a school in #Saada #Yemen. 9 kids claimed killed.- @HussainBukhaiti: image via ConflictNews @Conflicts, 13 August 2016
Aftermath of an alleged airstrike on a school in #Saada #Yemen. 9 kids claimed killed.- @HussainBukhaiti: image via ConflictNews @Conflicts, 13 August 2016
Aftermath of an alleged airstrike on a school in #Saada #Yemen. 9 kids claimed killed.- @HussainBukhaiti: image via ConflictNews @Conflicts, 13 August 2016
Before and After: #US-made smart bombs used by #Saudi #UAE jets on our village youngest killed 4 years old Saleh AlBukhaiti#Yemen: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti. 10 December 2015
Before and After: #US-made smart bombs used by #Saudi #UAE jets on our village youngest killed 4 years old Saleh AlBukhaiti#Yemen: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti. 10 December 2015
Before and After: #US-made smart bombs used by #Saudi #UAE jets on our village youngest killed 4 years old Saleh AlBukhaiti#Yemen: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti. 10 December 2015
Deif Allah al-Fadhli, in his late seventies, the religious school teacher, bombed on 13/Aug 8/9am by #Saudi #UAE: image via Hussain Albukhaiti @HussainBukhaiti, 13 August 2016
Saudi-led coalition continues destroying bridges and important infrastructure in #Yemen - @HussainBukhaiti: image via Gissur Simonarson CN @GissiSim, 12 August 2016
Saudi-led coalition continues destroying bridges and important infrastructure in #Yemen - @HussainBukhaiti: image via Gissur Simonarson CN @GissiSim, 12 August 2016
Saudi-led coalition continues destroying bridges and important infrastructure in #Yemen - @HussainBukhaiti: image via Gissur Simonarson CN @GissiSim, 12 August 2016
a place of unrest
MKE is in a place of unrest...pray for my city. #MilwaukeeUprising #Milwaukee: image via Shauntay Nelson @sn4sbcglobalnet, 13 August 2016
Deadly police shooting sparks violent protests in Milwaukee: Reuters, 14 August 2016
Protesters hurled bricks, fired gunshots and set a gas station on fire in Milwaukee on Saturday night hours after police shot and killed an armed suspect during a pursuit following a traffic stop.
Milwaukee police said a uniformed officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man during a foot pursuit which took place after an afternoon traffic stop.
Protesters hurled bricks, fired gunshots and set a gas station on fire in Milwaukee on Saturday night hours after police shot and killed an armed suspect during a pursuit following a traffic stop.
Milwaukee police said a uniformed officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man during a foot pursuit which took place after an afternoon traffic stop.
The suspect, who the department said had a lengthy arrest record, was armed with a stolen handgun. It did not say whether the man fired any shots during the incident.
A crowd later broke the windows of an unoccupied squad car and set another one on fire before setting a gas station on fire. Firefighters were initially unable to combat the blaze because of shots being fired in the area, police said.
One officer was hit in the head by a brick thrown through a squad car window. Protesters fired shots and hurled rocks as police attempted to disperse the crowd, which local media reported numbered more than 100.
An unspecified number of people were arrested.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative duty during the investigation and subsequent review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
Protests in many U.S. cities including Baton Rouge, Dallas, Ferguson, Missouri, New York and Oakland have broken out in recent years over police shootings of civilians.
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MKE 2016. #MilwaukeeUprising #Milwaukee: image via Shauntay Nelson @sn4sbcglobalnet, 13 August 2016
A crowd later broke the windows of an unoccupied squad car and set another one on fire before setting a gas station on fire. Firefighters were initially unable to combat the blaze because of shots being fired in the area, police said.
One officer was hit in the head by a brick thrown through a squad car window. Protesters fired shots and hurled rocks as police attempted to disperse the crowd, which local media reported numbered more than 100.
An unspecified number of people were arrested.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative duty during the investigation and subsequent review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
Protests in many U.S. cities including Baton Rouge, Dallas, Ferguson, Missouri, New York and Oakland have broken out in recent years over police shootings of civilians.
MKE 2016. #MilwaukeeUprising #Milwaukee: image via Shauntay Nelson @sn4sbcglobalnet, 13 August 2016
Here's the crowd gathered near the scene Sherman Blvd near Auer before the rocks started flying: image via Mike De Sisti @mdesisti,13 August 2016
People looting gas station and shouting "British Petroleum go home!" #MilwaukeeUprising: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
BP gas station and multiple cars on fire right now in #Milwaukee after police shoot and kill another man: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
Also got confirmation BP fire was same BP subject of boycott after employee shot gun in air, near youth, earlier this summer: tweet via Ashley Luthern @luthern, 13 August 2016
Protesters attempting to take down traffic light near Burleigh and Sherman in Milwaukee: image via Steven Radmer @Steven_R, 13 August 2016 Omaha, NE
What your witnessing is
Right now in #Milwaukee. Screenshot from @EX414's livestream #MilwaukeeUprising#MilwaukeeUp
What you are seeing in Milwaukee is not a riot but rather a demand for reparation and an end to past and modern day slavery. #MilwaukeeUprising:tweet via Tre Murphy @TheTreMurphy, 13 August 2016 Baltimore, MD
From a friend: "The cops barricaded 7th district police station" #MilwaukeeUprising: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
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BMO Bank in #Milwaukee on fire (via @EX414#MilwaukeeUprising: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
bank on fire
BMO Bank in #Milwaukee on fire (via @EX414#MilwaukeeUprising: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
BMO Bank in #Milwaukee on fire (via@EX414#MilwaukeeUprising: image via Baltimore BLOC @BmoreBloc, 13 August 2016
Bank now on fire in #Milwaukee: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
Bank now on fire in #Milwaukee: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
Police stand by as car burns. Was told it's not safe for firefighters due 2 rocks/gunshots: image via Mike De Sisti @mdesisti,13 August 2016
Violence tonight following an officer-involved shooting: image via Journal Sentinel @journalsentinel@,13 August 2016
Another pic of the burning car. PPL on scene said it was a cop car. Hard to tell.: image via Mike De Sisti @mdesisti,13 August 2016
Auto Parts store now on fire on 35th and Burleigh in #Milwaukee: image via Steven Radmer @Steven_R, 13 August 2016 Omaha, NE
O'reilly auto parts still on fire. #Milwaukee: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
A THIRD fire .. this one at a beauty supply store in #Milwaukee after unrest from officer-involved shooting: image via BJ Lutz Verified account @bjlutz, 13 August 2016
pure chaos
#Milwaukee right now. Multiple buildings on fire, looting, shots being fired, pure chaos.: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
#Milwaukee right now. Multiple buildings on fire, looting, shots being fired, pure chaos.: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
Milwaukee right now
#Milwaukee right now. Multiple buildings on fire, looting, shots being fired, pure chaos.: image via Nick Short @PoliticalShort, 13 August 2016
Officer seen outside mpd district 3 with a shotgun or rifle: image via Jeff @jjview, 13 August 2016
Officer seen outside mpd district 3 with a shotgun or rifle: image via Jeff @jjview, 13 August 2016
Officer seen outside mpd district 3 with a shotgun or rifle: image via Jeff @jjview, 13 August 2016
On the streets of New York
People gather for a demonstration Saturday, 13 August, near a crime scene after an imam and his friend were fatally shot while walking home from a mosque. Police said 55-year-old Imam Maulama Akonjee and his 64-year-old associate, Tharam Uddin, were shot in the back of the head as they left the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in the Ozone Park section of Queens.: photo by AP via VOA News, 14 August 2016
Muslim cleric and associate shot to death on New York street: Imam, associate shot to death in New York: Frank McGurty, Reuters, 13 August 2016
A Muslim cleric and an associate were fatally shot by a lone gunman on Saturday while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities said.The gunman approached the men from behind and shot both in the head at close range at about 1:50 p.m. EDT on a blistering hot afternoon in the Ozone Park neighborhood, police said in a statement, adding that no arrests had been made.
The motive for the shooting was not immediately known and no evidence has been uncovered that the two men were targeted because of their faith, said Tiffany Phillips, a spokeswoman for the New York City Police Department. Even so, police were not ruling out any possibility, she added.
The victims, identified as Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, were both wearing religious garb at the time of shooting, police said. Police had initially identified Uddin as Tharam.
The men were transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where they died, hospital spokesman Andrew Rubin said.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group known by the acronym CAIR, said Uddin was an associate of the imam.
"These were two very beloved people," Afaf Nasher, executive director of the New York chapter of CAIR, told Reuters. "These were community leaders.
"There is a deep sense of mourning and an overwhelming cry for justice to be served," Nasher said. "There is a very loud cry, too, for the NYPD to investigate fully, with the total amount of their resources, the incident that happened today."
The organization held a news conference on Saturday evening in front of the mosque, the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid, where the two men had prayed.
"We are calling for all people, of all faiths, to rally with compassion and with a sense of vigilance so that justice can be served," Nasher said. "“You can’t go up to a person and shoot them in the head and not be motivated by hatred.”
The suspect was seen by witnesses fleeing the scene with a gun in his hand, police said.
"We are currently conducting an extensive canvass of the area for video and additional witnesses," Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner said in a statement.
Eric Phillips, a press secretary for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, said the mayor was closely monitoring the police investigation into the shootings.
"While it is too early to tell what led to these murders, it is certain that the NYPD will stop at nothing to ensure justice is served,” Phillips said in a statement.
Akonjee was described as a peaceful man who was beloved within Ozone Park's large Muslim community.
"He would not hurt a fly," his nephew Rahi Majid, 26, told the New York Daily News. "You would watch him come down the street and watch the peace he brings."
Video footage posted on YouTube showed dozens of men gathered near the site of the shooting, with one of them telling the crowd that it appeared to be a hate crime, even as police said the motive was still unknown.
"We feel really insecure and unsafe in a moment like this," Millat Uddin, an Ozone Park resident told CBS television in New York. "It's really threatening to us, threatening to our future, threatening to our mobility in our neighborhood, and we’re looking for the justice."
In June, CAIR issued a statement calling for Muslim community leaders to consider increasing security after the Orlando massacre and incidents that it said had targeted Muslims and Islamic houses of worship.
A gunman who called himself an "Islamic soldier" killed 49 people in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub on June 12.
The motive for the shooting was not immediately known and no evidence has been uncovered that the two men were targeted because of their faith, said Tiffany Phillips, a spokeswoman for the New York City Police Department. Even so, police were not ruling out any possibility, she added.
The victims, identified as Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, were both wearing religious garb at the time of shooting, police said. Police had initially identified Uddin as Tharam.
The men were transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where they died, hospital spokesman Andrew Rubin said.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group known by the acronym CAIR, said Uddin was an associate of the imam.
"These were two very beloved people," Afaf Nasher, executive director of the New York chapter of CAIR, told Reuters. "These were community leaders.
"There is a deep sense of mourning and an overwhelming cry for justice to be served," Nasher said. "There is a very loud cry, too, for the NYPD to investigate fully, with the total amount of their resources, the incident that happened today."
The organization held a news conference on Saturday evening in front of the mosque, the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid, where the two men had prayed.
"We are calling for all people, of all faiths, to rally with compassion and with a sense of vigilance so that justice can be served," Nasher said. "“You can’t go up to a person and shoot them in the head and not be motivated by hatred.”
The suspect was seen by witnesses fleeing the scene with a gun in his hand, police said.
"We are currently conducting an extensive canvass of the area for video and additional witnesses," Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner said in a statement.
Eric Phillips, a press secretary for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, said the mayor was closely monitoring the police investigation into the shootings.
"While it is too early to tell what led to these murders, it is certain that the NYPD will stop at nothing to ensure justice is served,” Phillips said in a statement.
Akonjee was described as a peaceful man who was beloved within Ozone Park's large Muslim community.
"He would not hurt a fly," his nephew Rahi Majid, 26, told the New York Daily News. "You would watch him come down the street and watch the peace he brings."
Video footage posted on YouTube showed dozens of men gathered near the site of the shooting, with one of them telling the crowd that it appeared to be a hate crime, even as police said the motive was still unknown.
"We feel really insecure and unsafe in a moment like this," Millat Uddin, an Ozone Park resident told CBS television in New York. "It's really threatening to us, threatening to our future, threatening to our mobility in our neighborhood, and we’re looking for the justice."
In June, CAIR issued a statement calling for Muslim community leaders to consider increasing security after the Orlando massacre and incidents that it said had targeted Muslims and Islamic houses of worship.
A gunman who called himself an "Islamic soldier" killed 49 people in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub on June 12.
A crowd of community members gathers at the place where Imam Maulama Akonjee was killed in the Queens borough of New York City: photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters, 13 August 2016
The killing appears to be targeted at these individuals, as there were other people around.: image via Imraan Siddiqi @imraansiddiqui, 13 August 2016
ZAMBIA - Municipal workers collect glass and plastic at a waste landfill in Lusaka. By @GGuercia #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 June 2016