A crowd of community members pray next to the coffins as they gather for the funeral service of Imam Maulama Akonjee in the Queens borough of New York City, on August 15, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz *Editors: This photo may only be republished with RNS-IMAM-MURDER, originally transmitted on August 15, 2016.

Police, Muslims seek answers after cleric and associate killed in Queens

NEW YORK (RNS) Police were questioning a possible suspect in the double homicide but there was still no clear motive even as the murders became a flashpoint in the national debate over anti-Islamic rhetoric.

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(RNS3-FEB15) Martin Luther, founder of Germany's Protestant (Lutheran) Church, nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517. RNS file photo

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