Source: Chapel Hill Herald
On July 12, 2002 the Chapel Hill Herald reported that a "Christian advocacy group hopes to sue UNC on the grounds the book on Islam the university chose for its required summer reading program is a religious text and is therefore unconstitutional... � But university officials are defending the choice, strongly objecting to any implication that UNC is pushing Islam on its students...� The book is 'Approaching The Qur'an,' a collection of 35 translated passages from the holy work along with written commentaries on each. All new incoming students are required to read the book and be prepared to discuss it in small groups during orientation... � The book was chosen specifically because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the related interest in the Islamic faith."