Muslim doctor shot, stabbed outside United States mosque

A Muslim doctor in the United States was on Sunday was shot twice by some unidentified assailants in Houston while he was on his way to a Mosque for offering morning prayers.

The doctor had parked his auto and was walking to the Madrasah Islamiah mosque for the day’s first prayers when he was ambushed and shot twice at about 5.30 am, Carroll said. One of the assailants whipped out his gun and shot the doctor near the Mosque, authorities said.

The doctor was able to give his cell phone to someone inside the front doors and asked them to call 911. An ambulance arrived, took the doctor to the hospital. There is no known motive known for the attack.

The victim of the Texas incident, identified as Dr. Arslan Tajammul, an eye specialist, was undergoing surgery and was expected to survive, according to KTRK, an ABC television affiliate.

Imaduddin says that there were children nearby at the time of the shooting. Police say there is no indication that the shooting was a hate crime, but they believe it may have been a robbery attempt.

Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesman for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque where the attack happened, told ABC13: ‘It is very scary right now given the current political climate.

“These anti-Muslim attacks need to stop”.

A victim was shot at a Houston mosque before entering for his morning prayer.

‘This is a community place, we have kids that come here, we have people young and old comes here’.