Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/11/probe_finds_churches146_visa_program_riddled_with_fraud/

On July 11, 2006 The Boston Globe reported, "A special visa program that allows churches to bring thousands of foreign religious workers into the country each year is riddled with fraud, an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security investigation...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/5169800.stm

On July 11, 2006 BBC News reported, "Friends of an assistant imam attacked on his way to a mosque say the assault has left people shocked and nervous. Naeem Mohammad, 29, lost two teeth and needed 15 stitches following the assault near the Islamic Cultural Centre in Rhyl, Denbighshire.

He spent a third day in hospital after being re-admitted when his condition worsened, and is still...

Source: Investor's Business Daily

Source: Asia Times

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HG11Ae01.html

On July 11, 2006 the Asia Times reported, "Police in riot gear and shouting through megaphones recently arrived to move out devotees and pave the way for demolition of a Hindu temple on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, which local ethnic Indians say has stood in the area for more than three generations. A group of angry worshippers who refused to obey orders were doused with water cannons...

Source: The Mississauga News

http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/news/story/3586989p-4145282c.html

On July 11, 2006 The Mississauga News reported, "The lawyer for one of six Mississauga men accused of being homegrown terrorists says Canada's anti-terror law discriminates against Muslims. Rocco Galati, who represents Mississauga's Ahmad Ghany, made the startling statements yesterday in a Brampton courtroom. The law is unfair because it doesn't list the Ku...

Source: Ekklesia

[ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060711mumbai.shtml]

On July 11, 2006 Ekklesia reported, "Militant jihadi groups based in Pakistan are among the early suspects following a series of explosions which killed at least 130 people on the train network in India's financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), today (11 July 2006). Church, civic and community groups, together with other faith leaders and representatives of United Nations member states were quick to condemn the bombings, which followed...

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1725370.cms

On July 11, 2006 The Times of India reported, "This is perhaps for the first time in the history of Pakistan that the government is spending close to $30 million for the restoration of a Hindu temple. India is believed to have chipped in $3 million for the project. The three-phase restoration work of the Katas Raj temple complex is being carried out in collaboration with the...

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0711/p01s03-wosc.html

On July 11, 2006 The Christian Science Monitor reported, "More than 1,000 female prisoners are expected to be released this week on bail in Pakistan following a decision by President Pervez Musharraf to review a controversial set of laws affecting women. Many of the female inmates are awaiting trial for violations under the Hudood Ordinances, which stipulate harsh penalties for...

Source: The London Free Press

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2006/07/10/1676617-sun.html

On July 10, 2006 The London Free Press reported, "Thousands of Muslims gathered in Mississauga yesterday to express their love for Canada and show they are not 'bloodthirsty terrorists.' 'Terrorism is against Islam,' said Naseem Madhi, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. 'Creating disorder is not acceptable in Islam.' At the 30th annual...

Source: Bangor Daily News

[bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=137094]

On July 10, 2006 Bangor Daily News reported, "The tossing of a frozen pig's head into a Lewiston mosque last week has upset Muslims in northern Maine, the founder of the Islamic Center of Maine reports, even though the modest mosque on Route 2 has never been the target of vandals... [Mahmoud El-Begearmi of Bangor,] who has lived in Maine for 26 years, advised leaders at the Lewiston-Auburn Islamic Center to make a concerted effort to educate the community...

Source: Americans for an Informed Democracy

[aidemocracy.typepad.com/interdependent/2006/07/getting_ready_f.html]

On July 10, 2006 Americans for an Informed Democracy published an opinion piece by Sabahat Adil, an AID Summer Intern and Student Leader at the University of Chicago: "During the last weekend of June, I attended the 31st ICNA-MAS Convention in Hartford, Connecticut, titled 'Living Islam, Loving Humanity.' It brought together thousands of people for a weekend of lectures by well-known speakers from both the...

Source: Garowe Online

[garoweonline.com/2004pro/index.php?id=4281]

On July 10, 2006 Garowe Online reported, "The largest theme park in Sweden changed its uniform regulations after a Muslim female worker who was banned from wearing the Hijab reported her managers to the discrimination ombudsman, SR International reported. The Muslim worker was denied a summer job at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg because she refused to take off her Islamic headscarf and long-armed top. According to the local newspaper Göteborgs...

Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the

[sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cdozierjul11,0,7929225.story]

On July 10, 2006 the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported, "The Rev. O'Neal Dozier, a controversial member of the Broward Judicial Nominating Committee, has resigned the post after he said Gov. Jeb Bush's office asked him to step down. Dozier, whose recent comments about Islam in a news release and on a radio talk show sparked outrage among Muslims, said Monday he did not talk to Bush, but he said the governor...

Source: Chattanooga Free Times Press

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Wire Service: AP

[seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Russia_Muslim_Trial.html]

On July 10, 2006 the Associated Press reported, "Five Muslim teenagers appeared in court Monday accused of involvement in a thwarted terrorist plot that prosecutors say was aimed at disrupting this city's millennial celebration last year. Activists and relatives say the trial is an attempt to frame the young men, who are among 24 defendants charged with plotting to...