Hundreds of people haveattendeda funeral service for two Muslim community leaders who were slainin New York City,callingfor an immediate end to surging hate crimes against religious minorities in the US. Some 1,000 people, including NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, gathered together on Monday to remember Imam Maulana Alauddin Akonjee and his assistant ...

US Muslims have held protests in New York to denounce the fatal shooting of a mosque imam and his associate on Saturday. The two were walking home from afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, when a gunman opened fire, shooting both in the head. Imam Alala Uddin Akongi, a revered religious leader who came to ...