More than 200 mourners from across New Jersey showed up at a Newark mosque Wednesday night to honor slain Imam Hassan Sharif who was shot at the site earlier in the day. Many of their pleas were ...

Imam Hassan Sharif was fatally shot outside his mosque on South Orange Avenue and Camden Street in Newark at around 6:15 a.m. Officials said they do not believe it was motivated by bias or ...

Many decried that Imam Hassan Sharif had been a victim of gun violence that he had fought so hard to prevent. “We want justice on this corner because he fought for justice on this corner ...

Thousands of mourners filled the NIA Masjid and Community Center in Newark early Saturday to pay tribute to Imam Hassan Sharif, with crowds so large that people packed the mosque and its parking ...

Imam Hassan Sharif was in his car when he was shot more than once at about 6 a.m. near the Masjid-Muhammad Mosque in Newark, the state’s largest city, Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens said ...

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and city police released footage of the man walking near Masjid Muhammad-Newark minutes before a gunman shot Imam Hassan Sharif around the time of morning ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referenced Imam Hassan's peace treaty with Muawiyah (the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate), where he said difficult peace was sought ...

The killing of Imam Hassan Sharif as he prepared to open the Masjid Muhammad-Newark mosque on Jan. 3 has generated an intense law enforcement dragnet. The state's attorney general pledged to ...