September 4, 2010
Source: Google News
Wire Service: The Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHMy9Ts7cdEbA7jLyySvPOIFTOOQD9I0V4PG0
Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.
Each time a new wave of people exited, the young Minneapolis residents — who hadn't eaten all day — tried to press into their hands a small, glossy card that read "Islam Explained" on one side. On the other, it had about 180 words of background on a religion whose adherents fear is being misunderstood by too many Americans as violent and depraved.