Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Sep/09082003/utah/utah.asp

On September 8, 2003, The Salt Lake Tribune reported: "Four days before the anniversary of the World Trade Center disaster, the message at the Salt Lake American Muslim Cultural Festival in Salt Lake City on Sunday was one of increased understanding, cooperation and respect between cultures...'Even before 9-11, there was a lot of bad stuff in the media about Muslims, a lot of...

Source: Appeal-Democrat (CA)

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2003/09/07/news/top_story/news1.txt

On September 7, 2003 the Appeal-Democrat reported that Muslims are sensing both "outrage and community support" two years after 9/11. " A range of anti-Muslim issues and events have challenged the American Muslims everyday life in the United States in the past two years, said Helal Omeira, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic...

Source: WTOC 11 News (Savannah, GA)

Source: The New York Times

Source: The Mercury News

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6713512.htm

On September 7, 2003 The Mercury News reported on a fashion show marketed specifically to Muslim women. The show, held in Santa Clara, was sponsored by Flippant, a new Silicon Valley company. The article described the clothing line: "Sexy is not the right word to describe the new line, since that would be forbidden. The Koran says women should be covered from head to toe....

Source: Deseret News (UT)

https://www.deseret.com/2003/9/6/19782612/salt-lake-american-muslim-fest-is-sunday-at-gallivan-center

On September 6, 2003 the Deseret News...

Source: The Sacramento Bee

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On September 6, 2003, The Sacramento Bee reported that " [Imam W.D.] Mohammed resigned...saying he was frustrated that some of his ministers have not fully embraced the religious teachings of mainstream Islam. Although he had scuttled old racial rhetoric, changed the group's name and moved his followers into line with traditional, or Sunni, Islam, Mohammed, 69, told the crowd at the annual convention of the American Society of Muslims in...

Source: Forward

http://www.forward.com/issues/2003/03.09.05/news13.pipes.html

On September 5, 2003 the Forward reported that "former presidential adviser William Quandt told the Forward that he is suspending work on several projects to protest President Bush's appointment of Pipes, who has been accused by Arab groups and Middle East scholars of harboring an anti-Muslim bias. Pipes and his defenders have vehemently rejected such characterizations,...

Source: PBS.org

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On September 5, 2003, PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweeky featured an interview with Geneive Abdo, religion reporter for the Chicago Tribune, who spoke with W.D. Mohammed after his resignation.

Source: Atlanta Daily World

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On September 4, 2003 Atlanta Daily World reported that 'Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the Black Muslim spiritual leader, who over three decades transformed how American Blacks practice the religion, has resigned as head of the American Society of Muslims.      Mohammed said he will continue to represent and guide Black Muslims and direct his ministry, The Mosque Cares, but would no longer...

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/6685651.htm

On September 4, 2003 The Philadelphia Inquirer reported: "Flyers, contentious township meetings, and a threat of legal action have marked efforts to convert a vacant Voorhees building into a mosque. The zoning board will consider a site plan...Its approval could pave the way for construction by spring.

The proposal - in these days before the second anniversary of...

Source: Expatica

Source: Associated Press

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On September 2, 2003 the Associated Press reported on the opening of France's first Muslim high school: "Only a dozen students--six boys and six girls--showed up at the mosque where France's first Muslim high school began holding classes on Tuesday. Despite the small enrollment, school officials said they expect big things from the 10th graders at the private Averroes Lycee an experiment aimed at reconciling the nation's deep...

Source: The New York Times

Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)

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On August 31, 2003 the Contra Costa Times reported on a New York couple who are trying to start America's first Muslim cable television station. "They [Muzzammil and Assiya Hassan] have enlisted hundreds of mosques around the country, including many in the Bay Area, to spread the word and help get Bridges TV into living rooms by next summer. The idea came to Hassan's wife, Assiya Hassan, in...