Jewish group expresses solidarity with Muslims after imam is murdered in Queens
According to police, the gunman approached the men from behind and shot both in the head at close range in the Ozone Park neighborhood.
Community members pray outside the Al-Furqan Jame Mosque in Ozone Park after imam Maulama Akonjee and friend Thara Uddin were killed in the Queens borough of New York City(photo credit: KENA BETANCUR / AFP)ByDANIELLE ZIRIUpdated: