Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/22/international/worldspecial4/22preach.html?pagewanted=1

On January 22, 2005 The New York Times reported, "A dozen Americans walked into a relief camp here, showering bereft parents and traumatized children with gifts, attention and affection. They also quietly offered camp residents something else: Jesus... The attempts at proselytizing are angering local Christian leaders...

Source: Chicago Tribune

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Source: Associated Press

http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2808100

On January 21, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "a Hamilton County high school has changed its dress code to allow religious headscarves after a national civil rights group for Muslims complained to the principal. A spokeswoman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations said East Ridge High School senior Emily Smith wore her religiously mandated headscarf for the first time today......

Source: Beliefnet.com/The Chicago Tribune

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/159/story_15969_1.html

On January 20, 2005 The Chicago Tribune reported, "Zubair and Aisha Khan wanted to make the spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca, to circle the black stone shrine in the glistening Saudi desert and become 'hajjis,' a title bestowed on Muslims who make the sacred journey to Islam's holiest city. So the Chicago couple slapped down roughly $7,000 last year to Barakah Hajj...

Source: Chattanoogan

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_61358.asp

On January 20, 2005 Chattanoogan reported, "county School board members on Thursday backed the administration on allowing a female Muslim student at East Ridge High School to wear a head scarf. Scott Bennett, an attorney for the board, said the East Ridge High principal acted correctly in allowing the scarf. Board member Rhonda Thurman had said she disagreed, saying the school system should...

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p07s01-woap.html

On January 19, 2005 The Christian Science Monitor reported, "As the midday call to prayer echoes along the dingy alley, Manny Macarambon hangs back, waiting his turn... 'During rainy season we can't pray outside, so what we do is we pray first batch, second batch, third batch. At one time, we can't pray all together,' Mr. Macarambon explains, nodding at the damp concrete floor....

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: Reuters

Source: Daily Southtown

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/south/165syt1.htm

On January 19, 2005 the Daily Southtown reported, "Orland Park's controversial mosque is rising out of the dark mud of its site along 104th Avenue. More than three months after the developer broke ground, the foundation has been placed and steel bars are being installed for the walls of the Orland Park Prayer Center... Mosque officials still expect it to be open by the...

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0118/p14s02-legn.html

On January 18, 2005 The Christian Science Monitor reported, "when Trinity College students return to their snow-bitten campus next week, for the first time they will discover a Muslim chaplain working there. Sohaib Nazeer Sultan is one of only a handful of Muslim chaplains at colleges and universities across the country. But as the number of Muslim college students continues to...

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1392831,00.html

On January 18, 2005 The Guardian reported, "The head of the government's education watchdog prompted an angry reaction from Muslim leaders yesterday after claiming that the growth of Islamic faith schools posed a challenge to the coherence of British society.

In a deliberate intervention criticised as 'irresponsible' and 'derogatory' by senior Muslim...

Source: Chattanoogan

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_61195.asp

On January 18, 2005 the Chattanoogan reported, "county School Board member Rhonda Thurman said it was the wrong decision to allow a Muslim student at East Ridge High School to wear her Islamic head scarf, or hijab, in school. Ms. Thurman said Board Chairman Chip Baker has agreed that the board can discuss the issue at its meeting on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Tyner Academy. Ms. Thurman said, 'This...

Source: The Hindu

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/19/stories/2005011901471400.htm

On January 18, 2005 Reuters reported, "More than two million Muslim pilgrims began streaming out of Mecca towards Mena today, the first day of a Haj pilgrimage marked by grief over the Asian tsunami disaster and security fears. This year's Haj has a particular poignancy for thousands of pilgrims from Asia, where most of the...

Source: The New York Times

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4180885.stm

On January 17, 2005 the BBC News reported, " An Indian train fire that killed 59 Hindus and provoked deadly religious riots in 2002 was started by accident, a government inquiry has said. Evidence suggests the fire began inside the train, not that it was fire-bombed, an investigating judge decided. Most accounts from the time and since said a Muslim mob threw petrol bombs at the train,...

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13163-2005Jan16.html

On January 16, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "Mahmoud Abbas extended his hand in peace to Israel as he was sworn in as the new Palestinian leader Saturday, but the Israeli army killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and 46 election officials resigned over alleged ballot irregularities, crushing...