June 8, 2003
Source: Democrat and Chronicle
On June 8, 2003 Democrat and Chronicle reported that "hundreds of Muslims are at RIT [Rochester Institute of Technology] this weekend for a pair of two-day conferences on Islam and issues surrounding the Islamic community. The conferences were organized by the Muslim Student Association, the Islamic Society of North America and the Islamic Center of Rochester. The conferences are titled 'Islam: A Religion of Justice, Freedom and Peace,' and much of the focus was on what Islam can do to improve society."