Source: The Boston Globe

On February 8, 2003 The Boston Globe printed an editorial that stated, "the latest FBI order comes on the heels of revelations that the bureau has been secretly enlisting campus police officers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and elsewhere to 'keep tabs' on faculty, staff, and students studying in Massachusetts and around the United States... Some Justice Department officials have dubbed these tactics 'community outreach' - a chance for the FBI to alert Iraqis to civil rights matters and to assist them if they...

Source: Star-Telegram

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/5128251.htm

On February 7, 2003 the Star-Telegram reported that "employment discrimination complaints climbed more than 4 percent last year to 84,442 filings, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported Thursday... The biggest increases for the 2002 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, came from allegations of religious discrimination. They were up 21 percent from 2001, to almost 2,600 complaints... 'While...

Source: The Boston Globe

On February 7, 2003 The Boston Globe reported that "A former state prison imam has been barred from ministering to inmates after reportedly saying even Muslims opposed to terrorism 'admire and applaud' the Sept. 11 highjackers. Warith Deen Umar, 58, who retired from his $67,919-a-year prison job in 2000, won't be allowed in the system he has tried to visit at least three or four times, state prison spokesman James Flateau said... Umar declined comment yesterday through a spokeswoman at his home. But he told WRGB-TV the Wall Street...

Source: Muslim Journal

On February 7, 2003 the Muslim Journal reported that the showing of BILALIAN, a documentary produced by Aminah Abdul-Jabbaar, will kick off African/Black History Month across the country "with screenings in Boston, Mass., at Harvard University, in the Virgin Islands, Portland, Ore., Milwaukee, Wisc., at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Union, in Pittsburg, and again in New York City." The film explores the origin of the term BILALIAN, a term used by Wallace Deen Mohammed for members of the Nation of Islam, but has now fallen...

Source: Orlando Sentinel

On February 7, 2003 the Orlando Sentinel reported that "agents in the FBI's 56 field offices will begin taking their own census of Muslims and their places of worship as part of the nation's antiterrorism effort -- a mandate that has ratcheted up the fear level in Central Florida's Muslim community... The FBI said mosques are included in the survey to protect the Muslim community from hate crimes. But civil-rights advocates in Central Florida and nationwide accused the government of profiling and said the FBI's plans are spreading...

Source: Mercury News

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On February 7, 2003 the Mercury News printed an editorial stating that, "[Republican Howard Coble,] a North Carolina congressman understandably drew San Jose Rep. Mike Honda's ire and Arab-Americans' criticism this week after he said the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was for their own good... Coble's ignorance of history and of constitutional protections is particularly alarming. That's because he is the point person on...

Source: Muslim Journal

On February 7, 2003 Muslim Journal reported that the members of the International League of Muslim Women in Syracuse are reaching out to non-Muslim members of their community by bringing food to seniors in nursing homes, private homes or residential facilities for the physically challenged.

Source: The Charlotte Observer

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/5117163.htm

On February 6, 2003 The Charlotte Observer reported that "two N.C. members of Congress came under fire Wednesday for comments that Islamic groups and others say they find insulting... In remarks about domestic security threats, Rep. Sue Myrick of Charlotte said, 'Look at who runs all the convenience stores across the country...' And Rep. Howard Coble of Greensboro defended World War II...

Source: The Muslim Public Affairs Council

http://www.mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=398

On February 6, 2003 The Muslim Public Affairs Council reported that "MPAC finds [Coble's] statements unacceptable and believes it disqualifies Rep. Coble from his political position. Not only has the United States apologized to Japanese Americans for their unjust internment and dispossession during WW2, but our nation has paid reparations to that community and educated...

Source: Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77677,00.html

On February 5, 2003 Fox News reported that "a congressman who heads a homeland security subcommittee said on a radio call-in program that he agreed with the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II... A fellow congressman who was interred as a child criticized Coble for his comment on Wednesday, as did advocacy groups... Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., made the remark Tuesday on WKZL-FM when a...

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

On February 5, 2003 The San Francisco Chronicle reported that "a Missouri-based regional airline fired a San Bruno pilot a week after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks because he is Muslim, a federal agency has concluded... Mohammed Shanif Hussein, 28, was wrongfully terminated by Trans States Airlines Inc. on Sept. 18, 2001 based on his religion, according to a finding by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... The ruling allows Hussein to file a federal civil-rights suit against the airline...

Source: The Florida Times-Union

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020403/met_11654049.shtml

On February 4, 2003 The Florida Times-Union reported that "spiritual leader Imam Zaid Malik of Jacksonville's Islamic Center of Northeast Florida yesterday afternoon led about 80 Al-Furqan Academy students in a short prayer, honoring the men and women who lost their lives in the Columbia space shuttle accident... Malik encouraged the students and...

Source: Herald Tribune

Source: The Associated Press

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/03/Floridian/Muslims__growing_voic.shtml

On February 3, 2003 the St. Petersburg Times reported that "CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), an 8-year-old grass roots organization that started out combating Muslim stereotypes in movies and discrimination in the workplace, has become the voice for Muslim rights... Since Sept. 11, 2001, discrimination complaints have poured into its 21...