Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2005/02/23/green_mountains_good_karma?mode=PF

On February 25, 2005 The Boston Globe reported, "Buddhism has taken root with astonishing vigor in Vermont. California may have the nation's largest number of Buddhists, but Vermont, where Asian-Americans are barely 1 percent of the state's population of 621,394, has what surveys suggest is the highest...

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1031382.cms

On February 24, 2005 The Times of India reported, "The dwindling Parsi community is now faced with a new threat. A possible solution to the problem of diminishing numbers has split the community — the Indian members are taking on Parsis from abroad for embarking on a conversion drive to boost the population. A large number of Indian Parsis have said a resounding ‘no' to...

Source: IslamOnline.net

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-02/24/article06.shtml

On February 24, 2005 IslamOnline.net reported, "A few hours after a multi-party group of European legislators submitted a written declaration on religious freedom to the European Parliament, a leading British Sikhs group reiterated support for the campaign. The United Sikh organisation in the UK contacted the London-based Assembly for the Protection of Hijab to...

Source: Inter Press Service News Agency

http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27615

On February 24, 2005 the Inter Press Service News Agency reported, "Despite the apparent decision by President George W. Bush against re-nominating him to the board of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), 'anti-Islamist' activist Daniel Pipes is working as diligently as ever to protect the United States and the Western world from the influence of radical Islamists. He has...