--- description: A Muslim advocacy group is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the gunman who fatally shot a mosque leader and his associate title: Advocacy Group Offers $10K for Information on New York Mosque Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt383647e738a4e057/6988a2650b72e3fb7c6eaa65/mosque-shooting-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Advocacy Group Offers $10K for Information on Fatal New York Mosque Shooting by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 15, 2016 4:51 PM CUT  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, August 13, 2016\. An imam and his assistant were both shot in the head and killed in New York Saturday, police said, in an attack with unclear motives. 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, August 13, 2016\. An imam and his assistant were both shot in the head and killed in New York Saturday, police said, in an attack with unclear motives.KENA BETANCUR—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 15, 2016 4:51 PM CUT A Muslim advocacy group is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the shooter who [killed a New York City mosque leader and his associate](http://time.com/4451540/queens-new-york-mosque-imam-shooting/?xid=homepage "undefined"). Imam Maulama Alauddin Akonjee, 55, and his associate Thara Uddin, 64, were shot and killed on Saturday as they left Al-Furqan Jame Masjid in Queens. As the slain men’s families plan for their funerals, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) planned to announce on Monday that it is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the shooter’s arrest and conviction, according to the [_Associated Press_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4d4a6a2dc6ec4b1792eb537a71c6bca8/reward-offered-nyc-imam-slaying-families-seek-answers "undefined"). Police said on Monday they were questioning a man in relation to the killing, [_Reuters_ reported](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-shooting-idUSKCN10O0X4 "undefined"). The man has not been charged. Police have not yet established a motive behind the fatal shootings, although some in the Bangladeshi Muslim community in the area [believe it was a hate crime](http://time.com/4451691/hashtag-mosque-shooting-new-york/ "undefined"). CAIR also organized a [funeral prayer](https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational/posts/10153985705402695 "undefined") for Akonjee and Uddin for Monday at 2:30 p.m. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4452644/10k-reward-mosque-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4452644/10k-reward-mosque-shooting/"},"headline":"Advocacy Group Offers $10K for Information on Fatal New York Mosque Shooting","datePublished":"2016-08-15T16:51:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:59:34.924Z","description":"The Council on American-Islamic Relations is offering the reward","url":"https://time.com/4452644/10k-reward-mosque-shooting/","keywords":["New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt383647e738a4e057/6988a2650b72e3fb7c6eaa65/mosque-shooting-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt383647e738a4e057/6988a2650b72e3fb7c6eaa65/mosque-shooting-reward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-RELIGION-CRIME","caption":"US-RELIGION-CRIME","creditText":"KENA BETANCUR—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4452644/10k-reward-mosque-shooting/","name":"Advocacy Group Offers $10K for Information on Fatal New York Mosque Shooting"}}]}] ```