Source: The Boston Globe

On June 29, 2003 The Boston Globe reported that "Muslim leaders say the position of imams in the United States has evolved to the point that they are becoming an institutionalized clergy-- a remarkable shift since Islam has no ordained clergy and is led instead by religious scholars, traditionally a group that is distinct from imams... Imad Benjelloun, an imam for mosques in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa, said Muslims often ask him for guidance on issues that counselors, scholars, and others would provide in his native...

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45822-2003Jun28.html?referrer=emailarticle

On June 29, 2003 The Washington Post reported that "some Defense Department chaplain services have been directing military personnel to a Web site that promotes material from radical Muslim jihadists, including two Saudis who have been identified as Osama bin Laden's spiritual advisers... The chaplains' service Web...

Source: News 14 Carolina

Source: The New York Times

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20030628-104406-5307r.htm

On June 28, 2003 The Washington Times reported that "a Republican immigration lawyer from Falls Church is seeking to become the first Muslim to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly... Kamal Nawash, 33, a Palestinian Arab born in Bethlehem, says he is running for state Senate because he believes he can foster understanding between Muslims, including Arabs, and...

Source: The Wichita Eagle

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/living/6187742.htm

On June 28, 2003 The Wichita Eagle reported that "the days of Damian Williams running with his fellow rappers, pursuing fame, women and a hip-hop image are over. The 26-year-old turned in baggy jeans for long robes around the house. He sports a curly beard and is studying Arabic with his wife so they can read the Quran together... Williams, who now goes by Shaheed, is a convert to Islam, a...

Source: Dallas Morning News

On June 28, 2003 the Dallas Morning News reported that "the Islamic Society of North America is expecting more than 5,000 participants at a three-day regional conference scheduled for Dallas over the Forth of July weekend... The regional conference [titled 'Better Muslims for a Better America'] is aimed at helping Muslims reach out to the larger American society while protecting their own identities."

Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/saturday/lifeentertainment/stories/li062803s2_p.shtml

On June 28, 2003 the Poughkeepsie Journal reported that Aisha "Khan's recently published book, What You Will See Inside A Mosque, is part of an effort by Skylight Paths Publishing to educate children about the rituals, beliefs and celebrations at different houses of worship... Last fall, Skylight published ...

Source: The Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/DiRaB_41/4278_41.asp

On June 27, 2003 The Anti-Defamation League issued a press release stating that "In an open letter to Massachusetts State Senator Guy Glodis, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called upon him to publicly apologize from the Senate floor for having distributed an incendiary and bigoted flier that 'purports to provide a formula for responding to Muslim extremism...'" The letter states, "Your...

Source: The Standard-Times

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/06-03/06-27-03/a09lo052.htm

On June 27, 2003 The Standard-Times reported that "community leaders from across the state yesterday denounced the robbery and beating of a pizza delivery man, an attack local police have categorized as a hate crime... Two local Domino's Pizza franchise owners, Nelson Hockert-Lotz and Anthony Squizzero, offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest...

Source: The Boston Globe

https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/browse//the-boston-globe_9077/2003/06/27/main-edition/

On June 27, 2003 The Boston Globe reported that "Senator Guy W. Glodis has angered Muslims and...

Source: Knight Ridder

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6182920.htm

On June 27, 2003 Knight Ridder reported that Juan "Gómez, 26, a former Protestant who became a Muslim in 1996, is learning the language as a convert to Islam. He embodies a religious phenomenon in Chiapas [Mexico], where one-quarter of the 3.9 million people are poor Maya peasants who practice myriad religions, often blending ancient rituals with Roman Catholicism... The religious conquest...

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

http://www.usdoj.gov/crs/prflorida06262003.htm

On June 27, 2003 U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release stating that "The U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS) will sponsor an Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Awareness and Protocol Seminar for law enforcement, local officials, and community leaders.. The seminar is cosponsored by the Florida Commission on Human Relations, Florida State University, the Center for the...

Source: The Boston Globe

On June 27, 2003 The Boston Globe reported that Massachusetts state "senator Guy W. Glodis has angered Muslims and a civil rights group over a flier he sent to fellow senators that says terrorist attacks could be deterred if convicted Muslim extremists were buried with pig entrails... A Muslim group denounced the flier as 'slanderous garbage.'"

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/local/6181076.htm

On June 27, 2003 The Associated Press reported that "wearing a traditional head scarf, Lobna 'Luby' Ismail stood silently Thursday before a room packed with community leaders and members of Florida's law-enforcement agencies... Ismail is president of Connecting Cultures, a Silver Spring, Md.-based cultural-training company. She has been traveling across the country...