Source: The Associated Press

http://www.sltrib.com/10082002/nation_w/5151.htm

On October 8, 2002 The Associated Press reported that "an autopsy revealed that the Muslim woman found dead in the burned out remains of her home had been killed before the fire was set, police said Monday. The death of 37-year-old Angie Abdullah was a homicide, but no evidence was found to suggest the woman was a victim of a hate crime, police Lt. Rich Schnebly said. Police found no evidence of...

Source: The Nation

On October 8, 2002 the Nation reported that "The conservative Baptist minister (Jerry Falwell) tells correspondent Bob Simon that he has concluded from reading Muslim and non-Muslim writers that Islam's prophet 'was a- violent man, a man of war... I've said often and many places that most Muslims are people of peace and want peace and tranquility for their families and abhor terrorism... Islam, like most faiths, has a fringe of radicals who carry on bloodshed wherever they are. They do not represent Islam'... In response to Falwell's...

Source: The Idaho Statesman

http://www.idahostatesman.com/story.asp?ID=22290

On October 7, 2002 The Idaho Statesman reported that "a national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on Idaho law enforcement officials to step up protection of that state’s Muslim community following an incident in which a Muslim woman died in a fire that may be bias-related. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), says the weekend fire maybe the second time in a...

Source: The St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/07/Floridian/Young__female_and_Mus.shtml

On October 7, 2002 The St. Petersburg Times reported that "every year, about 20,000 people in the United States convert to Islam, in addition to those who convert in prison, according to a study conducted last year by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Of these converts, there are more women than men, the majority of them young and...

Source: The Charlotte Observer

On October 6, 2002 The Charlotte Observer reported that "the director of the Islamic Center of Charlotte is stuck in Saudi Arabia. The prayer leader at the Islamic Society of Gastonia has been deported. Their absences are creating hardships in their Muslim communities while raising further allegations that the government treats Muslims unfairly. Ammar Alyounes, director of the Islamic center, flew to Saudi Arabia in May for an annual three-week trip to renew his Saudi citizenship papers and refresh his U.S. work visa. He's...

Source: The Boston Globe

On October 6, 2002, the Boston Globe reported the launch of ArchNet.com, the largest Web source on Islamic architecture, on Sept. 27 by Harvard, MIT, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. "The site, seeking to capitalize on the growing interest in Islam, invites cultures and societies across the world to fish through the 600,000 images, papers, and documents. 'ArchNet is extremely inclusive, we want to show the plurality that exists in the Muslim world,' said Shiraz Allibhai, the site's managing director."

Source: American Muslim Council

On October 6, 2002 Eric Erfan Vickers, Executive Director of the American Muslim Council issued a press release that stated, "I expect this nation to demand decency in the public discourse over religion. I expect my country to hold our heroes sacrosanct, and I expect America to have the politeness to say it is sorry when it makes a mistake, even a well-intentioned one. I expect this from leaders chosen under a democracy that contains a Bill of Rights, and I expect it as well from the everyday people whose spirit of being...

Source: Muslim Public Affairs Council

http://www.mpac.org/NEWS/newsitemdisplay.asp?ID=252&ITEMTYPE=NEWS

On October 6, 2002 the Muslim Public Affairs Council reported that "in response to Jerry Falwell's Attack on Prophet Mohammad... the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Islamic Center of Southern California in Los Angeles held an Interfaith Conference on Sunday October 6, 2002."

Source: Council on American Muslim Relations

On October 6, 2002 the Council on American Muslim Relations reported that "an estimated 10,000 people converged on the lawn of the Federal Building in Los Angeles to protest the impending war on Iraq. The rally and march was organized by the 'Not In Our Name' (NION) project, a group that formed a year ago to protest our government's heavy-handed policies, domestically and internationally, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks."

Source: The Houston Chronicle

On October 6, 2002 The Houston Chronicle reported that "more than 100 Muslims demonstrated outside a local CBS affiliate Saturday to protest a 60 Minutes interview in which the Rev. Jerry Falwell brands the prophet Muhammad a 'terrorist.' According to an article on the CBS Web site, the comments appear in a segment on Falwell and conservative Christians' support of Israel, and their belief that 'the turmoil in the Middle East is a harbinger of the second coming of Christ.'"

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

On October 4, 2002 The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that "the Postal Service issues its holiday stamps in October to continue interest in collecting. Next Thursday, four holiday stamps, all 37 cents, will be issued commemorating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the Muslim Eid. Contemporary Christmas stamps, featuring snowmen, will be issued later."

Source: The Associated Press

On October 4, 2002 The Associated Press reported that "more than 300 university and college presidents have signed a petition calling for 'intimidation-free' campuses so pro-Israeli students will not be hassled for their beliefs, a Jewish advocacy group said Friday... 'In the past few months, students who are Jewish or supporters of Israel's right to exist... have received death threats and threats of violence,' the petition says... Muslim advocates and some educators are concerned the petition, which will be released Monday by...

Source: The Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/DiRaB_41/4168_41.asp

On October 4, 2002 The Anti-Defamation League issued a press release that "strongly condemned Rev. Jerry Falwell’s statement that the Prophet Mohammed 'was a terrorist' and called on him to apologize to the followers of Islam. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: The Rev. Jerry Falwell has once again demonstrated his intolerance by his outrageous...

Source: The Associated Press

On October 3, 2002 The Associated Press reported that :The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a rental car agency, accusing it of discriminating against a Muslim woman who was told she couldn't wear a head scarf at work. The lawsuit against Alamo Rent-A-Car and its Florida-based parent, ANC Rental Corp., is based on a complaint by Bilan Nur of Phoenix."

Source: The Associated Press

On October 3, 2002 The Associated Press reported that "a charity founded by Pat Robertson is to receive $500,000 in the first wave of grants under President Bush's 'faith-based initiative,' which the religious broadcaster had criticized. In March, Robertson said on his '700 Club' television show that the program to give federal money to religious organizations that provide social services was a 'Pandora's box' that could make legitimate religious charities dependent on government and finance cults that 'brainwash' prospective...