Source: The First Amendment Center

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=13311

On May 9, 2004 The First Amendment Center reported, "It isn’t easy being a Muslim in America these days. The statistics are chilling. Last year anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in the United States increased by nearly 70%, according to a report released last week by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. That’s why Muslim students...

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=37431

On May 9, 2004 The Associated Press reported, "Two signs have hung in front of the Islamic Center of Savannah since a fire destroyed the building last August with an optimistic message for the community: 'God Bless America. We will rebuild.' And members of the mosque have been working hard to do that and also rebound from reports that an arsonist was responsible for...

Source: Chicago Tribune

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Source: The International Herald Tribune

http://www.iht.com/articles/518546.html

On May 9, 2004 The International Herald Tribune reported, "For the population of Hamtramck, a city of 23,000 near Detroit, the battle of the loudspeaker, which the City Council approved Tuesday, has revealed a crossfire of religious, ethnic and lifestyle grievances, aggravated by the lingering memories of Sept. 11, 2001, which left many Muslims here feeling they were under suspicion. . Once an enclave...

Source: The Week

http://www.the-week.com/24may09/lastword_home.htm

On May 9, 2004 The Week ran an opinion piece by Jon Stock. He writes, "At a time of growing international tension between Islamic and Christian faiths, last month's news that Eton College, arguably the most traditional school in the West, has appointed its own Imam should have its 1300 pupils tossing their summer boaters into the air with joy. It certainly gave me hope in these troubled times. Monawar...

Source: The Daily Sentinel

http://www.dailysentinel.com/hp/content/gen/ap/TX_Mosque_Vandalism.html

On May 9, 2004 The Daily Sentinel reported, "Two of three teenagers who desecrated a mosque in this West Texas city have been sentenced to probation and will pay a portion of $12,000 in restitution to the Islamic Center of the South Plains. The boys, 14 and 15, are considered the least culpable suspects, said Matt Powell, Lubbock County's assistant...

Source: The Times-Picayne

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1084094857180320.xml

On May 9, 2004 The Times-Picayne reported, "A new, larger mosque in Kenner will soon be a reality for the nonprofit Jefferson Muslim Association. On Saturday, ground will be broken on a seven-acre site at 25th and Iowa Streets in Kenner that will house a new school, mosque and gymnasium... The new mosque will accommodate 1,500 people: 1,000 men...

Source: The Associated Press

Source: The Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/news/locway/call8_20040508.htm

On May 8, 2004 The Detroit Free Press reported, "A petition drive began Friday to stop a new law that will allow mosques in Hamtramck to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer over loudspeakers. Organizers say they are certain they'll get the required 552 signatures to force the City Council to reverse its April 27 decision. 'There are some people, including Muslims, who don't want the...

Source: Yahoo! News

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2554668

On May 7, 2004 The Houston Chronicle reported, "As a devout Muslim and international businesswoman, Nashida Subhi has worn her head scarf into corporate offices around the world. But now she has learned she will no longer be welcome in France unless she takes her scarf off for a photograph. The French Consulate in Houston recently denied Subhi's request for a visa to...

Source: Reuters

Source: The News India-Times

http://desitalk.newsindia-times.com/2004/05/07/nyc-top10.html

On May 7, 2004 The News India-Times reported, "Racial profiling of South Asians and people of Muslim or Arab descent, has taken on new dimensions, according to the New York Advisory Committee (NYAC) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent, bipartisan agency of the federal government. In its report submitted recently to USCCR, the NYAC asserts that while it...

Source: News OK

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-na-mosque6may06,1,4762580.story?coll=la-news-religion

On May 6, 2004 the Los Angeles Times reported on the continuing controversy over the call to prayer in Hamtramck, "The City Council in this community of 23,000 last week approved the mosque's request to amplify the traditional call to prayer. The imam says the chant, which lasts about a minute and a...