In response to the violent death of a local imam, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark said he is “deeply distressed by the loss of a “revered faith and community leader.”
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Police in New Jersey are hunting Friday for the killer of a Muslim leader who was shot outside his Newark mosque before morning prayers, offering cash to anyone.
Sharif's shooting comes amid intensifying bias incidents against Muslims and Jews since Hamas committed terror attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, provoking a punishing war in the Gaza Strip.
A New Jersey imam was gunned down outside his mosque before dawn Wednesday, leaving authorities hunting for a shooter and saying they've found no evidence yet that an anti-Muslim bias played a part in the shooting. Imam Hassan Sharif was in his.