Muslim community revisits controversial issue amid demands for increased police presence in mosques after a Queens imam and his friend were murderedWhen he spoke at the funeral service of murdered imam Maulama Akonjee and his friend Thara Uddin,New York City mayor Bill de Blasio hoped to send a message to the community. “Since this horrible tragedy, the NYPD has been expending every resource and will continue to, and he told the hundreds of people gathered in a Queens parking lot. “You will see today,and in the days thereafter, additional NYPD presence protecting our mosques and protecting the people of our Muslim communities.” Related: American, and Muslim,and under fixed watch: the emotional toll of surveillance Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com