The Muslim Post

Newsweek’s Foreign Service: Islamophobia On the Rise

On Saturday, Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant Thara Uddin were shot and killed as they walked through Queens, New York after prayers. Oscar Morel, 35, has been charged over the killings, although police have not announced a motive for the attack. But whether or not the incident is formally classified as a “hate crime,” […]

Islamophobic Tweets Peaked in July After Nice Attack

Islamophobic Tweets Peaked in July After Nice Attack

Islamophobic tweets from around the world rose significantly in the aftermath of the Nice attack and the failed coup attempt in Turkey last month, according to a new study. Compared to 2,500 tweets deemed anti-Islamic in nature made daily in English in April, 7,000 were posted every day in July, according to data seen by […]

Gay Drunk Racist Tulsa Man Murders Lebanese Neighbor, Nothing To See Here

Keeping Oklahoma safe for Western Culture Might be time to get the bunny and kitten photos ready, guys, because we have another one of THOSE stories: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Friday, a racist old shithead shot and killed Khalid Jabara, his 37-year-old next-door neighbor, for the crime of being from Lebanon. Vernon Majors, 61, had been […]

Man charged with shooting dead US Imam and friend

A New York man has been charged with the double murder of a Imam and his friend, in a brutal daylight slaying that has shocked Muslim communities across the US. Police said late on Monday that Oscar Morel, 35, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder over the deaths of Imam Maulana Akonjee, 55, […]

Man charged with shooting dead US Imam and friend

Man charged with shooting dead US Imam and friend

A New York man has been charged with the double murder of a Imam and his friend, in a brutal daylight slaying that has shocked Muslim communities across the US. Police said late on Monday that Oscar Morel, 35, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder over the deaths of Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, […]

Suspected In Imam Shooting Nabbed

Following the execution-style shootings of a New York City imam and his assistant this weekend, a suspect has been detained for the crime. The man was picked up by police on unrelated charges after the shootings in Queens. The suspect hadn’t been arrested or charged in the case, law enforcement told Newsday Monday. Other reports […]

‘Hate crime’ denounced as New York imam and assistant are shot dead

Protests have erupted in the neighbourhood, denouncing a ‘hate crime’, with some accusing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of stoking Islamophobia.

A Muslim imam and his assistant were gunned down and killed while walking home from afternoon prayers on Saturday, according to reports from New York. The pair were shot in the head at close range in the borough of Queens by a lone attacker who fled the scene. The slain cleric, 55, was reportedly originally […]

Gunman kills imam in Queens

A lone gunman on Saturday executed a Queens imam and his friend as the pair walked home from Saturday prayers, The New York Daily News reports. The gunman shot each in the back of the head without a word, officials said. Mosque leader Maulama Akonjee and friend Thara Uddin were dressed in Muslim garb when […]

Imam and assistant shot dead on busy street in New York City

Washington (dpa) – An imam and his assistant were shot and killed Saturday on a busy street in New York City, according to news reports quoting police. A lone gunman killed the two men by shooting them in the head at close range near a mosque in the burrough of Queens, according to the reports. […]