An imam shot outside a Newark mosque in New Jersey state has succumbed to gunshot wounds, American authorities said. Imam Hassan Sharif was shot more than once after 6.00 a.m. outside Masjid-Muhammad-Newark mosque, officials say, amid surge in Islamophobic attacks in America since Israel’s brutal war on besieged Gaza. New Jersey Attorney General, Matt Platkin, said, on Wednesday, that the loss of Imam Hassan Sharif will be felt across the state and city. Platkin added that there’s no evidence indicating the shooting was motivated by an anti-Muslim bias. ”The cleric…
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