In Newark, New Jersey, an imam was shot and killed outside his mosque early Wednesday morning. Hassan Sharif was headed to the Masjid Muhammad mosque for morning prayers. Authorities are searching for his killer. New Jersey authorities say there is no indication yet that the shooting was motivated by bias or that it was an act of terrorism. The imam had also been attacked outside the mosque in August. The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations praised Hassan Sharif as being a “beacon of leadership in his community.”

An online fundraiser in honor of the slain imam has already raised over $100,000.