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For Washington Buddhists, One Exhibit Brings Wide Range of Devotion

October 18, 2003

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43839-2003Oct17.html

On October 18, 2003 The Washington Post reported that an exhibition of Buddhist relics thought to belong Gautama, also called Shakyamuni Buddha, and other Buddhist masters will be displayed Oct. 25 and 26 at Giac Hoang Temple in Northwest Washington. According to the Post, the temple is "planning for 10,000 exhibit visitors, many of whom told organizers that...

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Muslim Doctor Calls on All Faiths to "Tend the Garden of Diversity"

October 17, 2003

Source: Topeka Capital-Journal

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/101003/loc_interfaith.shtml

On October 17, 2003 The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Dr. Shahid Athar, who has dedicated his life since September 11 to educating the nation's interfaith community on Islam, will bring his message of peace to the Interfaith of Topeka Conference on the Washburn University campus. His presentation is titled "Understanding Islam and Muslims: An Interfaith...

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ADL Comments on World Reaction to Malaysian Prime Minister's Speech

October 17, 2003

Source: Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4375_13.htm

On October 17, 2003 Anti-Defamation League released a statement that "expressed appreciation to those countries and leaders who strongly condemned the vehemently anti-Semitic speech by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad before the summit of the Organization of Islamic Countries, but called those who acquiesced or were silent in their reaction to the speech, 'willingly complicit in...

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Nomination of Daniel Pipes Alarms Muslim Groups

October 17, 2003

Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

http://www.thesis.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2005019

On October 17, 2003 The Times Higher Education Supplement published an editorial by Hamid Dabashi, chair of the department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, on the barrage of hate mail he has received as a result of articles against him written by Daniel Pipes. Pipes accused Dabashi in an article in the...

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Dallas Latinos Embrace Islam, Citing Similarities to Latin Culture

October 17, 2003

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/stories/101603dnmetmuslim.54df9.html

On October 17, 2003 The Dallas Morning News reported that many Latino converts to Islam have been surprised by the similarities between Islamic and Latino customs. "Respect for elders, respect for family, courtesy and manners," are all similarities cited by Latin American converts between Islam and their own culture. Increasingly events, such as...

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U.S General Boykin's Remarks Called Offensive to Islam

October 16, 2003

Source: U.S.Newswire

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=142-10162003

On October 16, 2003 U.S.Newswire reported that "the Interfaith Alliance, the nation's leading interfaith organization, issued a response to last night's report on NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw and this morning's article in the Los Angeles Times exposing divisive statements on Islam by the new Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Lt. Gen. William Boykin." In the...

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Masjid Abu-Bakr (Colorado Muslim Society)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 8 November 2005.

Phone: 303-696-9800
Email: cms-info@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.denvermosque.org

History

The Colorado Muslim Society (CMS), or Masjid Abu-Bakr, is arguably the most visible Muslim community in the Denver Metro area. Established in the late 1960s by a group of Arab immigrant families, the organization and community first established a community center in the early 1970s near the...
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The Emerging Latino Muslim Community in America (2003)

This article has previously appeared in the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropologists Fall 2003 Journal. With the consent of the publishers, it is reprinted here. Please forward any comments, questions or feedback to the author, Abbas Barzegar, at abbas.barzegar@colorado.edu.

Introduction

In recent years, discussion on the role of Islam in American society as portrayed in mainstream discourse, has been mostly associated with the ‘war on terrorism’, and, as such has been concerned with political conflicts abroad and the threat of... Read more about The Emerging Latino Muslim Community in America (2003)

U.S General Boykin's Remarks Called Offensive to Islam

October 16, 2003

Source: Associated Press

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/134/story_13423_1.html

On October 16, 2003 The Associated Press discussed the claims published by the Los Angeles Times against U.S. General Boykin, who is accused of publicly casting the war on terrorism as a religious war between Judeo-Christian values and Satan. "Senators who appeared before reporters at the Pentagon Thursday on another matter were asked about the reports. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, R-R.I., said...

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FBI Revokes Award to Michigan Arab Leader

October 15, 2003

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0310/15/e01-298323.htm

On October 15, 2003 The Detroit News reported that "federal officials cleared community activist Imad Hamad of any terror suspicion Tuesday. But Arab-American leaders said their trust in government won't be restored unless they can meet with FBI head Robert Mueller and win reinstatement of a national community service award rescinded from Hamad... More than a dozen Arab-American...

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Oklahoma Sixth Grader Suspended over Muslim Head Covering

October 15, 2003

Source: Reuters

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/10/15/life.scarf.reut/

On October 15, 2003 Reuters reported that "an 11-year-old Muslim girl suspended from an eastern Oklahoma school for wearing a religious head scarf was allowed to return to classes on Wednesday, wearing her head covering... Nashala Hearn will be allowed to wear her head scarf while Muskogee school officials evaluate their dress code policy that forbids any kind of head covering. "

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