Source: HispanicBusiness.com

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=11025

On June 11, 2003 HispanicBusiness.com reported that "across the country, a growing number of American-Muslims have been flocking to community groups and rights organizations complaining about what they charge are instances of financial discrimination. The allegations cover a host of financial services, from terminated bank accounts and credit cards, to major money wiring...

Source: The Detroit News

Source: Wall Street Journal

Source: CAIR

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/06/florida.license.veil/index.html

On June 10, 2003 CNN reported that a "Florida judge rejected a woman's request to have her face covered by a veil in the photograph on her state driver's license, siding with the state Friday that a favorable ruling could be exploited by terrorists... 'Although the court acknowledges that plaintiff herself most likely poses no threat to national security, there likely are people...

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/06/florida.license.veil/index.html

On June 10, 2003 CNN reported that "a Florida judge rejected [Sultaana Freeman]'s request to have her face covered by a veil in the photograph on her state driver's license, siding with the state Friday that a favorable ruling could be exploited by terrorists... Freeman, wearing a black niqab, refused to comment to reporters. Her husband, Abdul-Maalik Freeman, said his wife would...

Source: Democrat and Chronicle

Source: Los Angeles Daily News

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-religbriefs7.2jun07,0,1583044.story

On June 7, 2003 the Los Angeles Times reported that "nearly two-thirds of new immigrants to the United States are Christian, fueled mostly by Catholics coming from Latin America, according to research sponsored by several government agencies. Forty-two percent of immigrants are Catholic, 19% are Protestant and 4% are Eastern Orthodox, according to a study of almost 1...

Source: Chicago Tribune

On June 6, 2003 the Chicago Tribune reported that "on Saturday, the Chicago area's Ismaili community plans to celebrate [tolerance and pluralism]... at the first Chicago conference held in honor of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday, titled 'Pluralism and the Islamic Mosaic'... The event, to be held at the Midwest Conference Center in west suburban Northlake, is part of a series of seminars being held in five American cities in May and June. The goal is to emphasize the teachings of the prophet that promote cultural understanding in a...

Source: Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/stories/457/3916828.html

On June 6, 2003 Star Tribune reported that Muslim rapper, Ali Newman, "a member of the Masjid An-Nur mosque in north Minneapolis" has released a new CD titled "Shadows on the Sun." He "shares his religious views proudly in "Shadows" songs such as "Room With a View" and "Victory! (Come Forward)."

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030606-9999_7m6muslim.html

On June 6, 2003 the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that "hundreds of copies of a publication portraying Muslim women as sexual objects and ridiculing Jews, Jesus, and Palestinians were distributed at UC San Diego yesterday and Wednesday, prompting sharp condemnations by the administration and student leaders...Several Muslim students said they...

Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

http://www.Sun-Sentinel.com/

On June 5, 2003 the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that "as an Orlando judge is poised to decide whether a Muslim woman should have her driver's license reinstated even though she refuses to unveil her face for the photo, Muslims in South Florida and throughout the country are divided on whether her request should be granted... Sultaana Freeman, 19, maintains her religion requires her to cover her face so that only her eyes...

Source: Gwinnett Daily Post

http://www.gwinnettdailyonline.com/GDP/archive/article8EC1C2CBF12645A4ACDB64BC08DED25C.asp?printerFriendly=true

On June 5, 2003 Gwinnett Daily Post reported that "Gwinnett [GA] planning commissioners endorsed a preliminary plat for an Islamic cemetery near Lawrenceville on Tuesday night, helping clear the way for work on the burial ground... No citizens spoke against the plat...

Source: The Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/news/default.jsp?story=n.hate.0605w

On June 5, 2003 The Examiner reported that "genuflecting to Mecca at sunset on Monday, members of the San Francisco Islamic Society were meditating on the meaning of love... But the peaceful reverie was shattered when someone hurled an unknown object through the Society's Jones Street front door... The Islamic Society has asked San Francisco police to investigate the incident as a...