Source: Cybercast News Service

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1210353.html

On July 18, 2003, Crosswalk.com posted a Cybercast News Service story , which reported, "While Russian Orthodox, Muslim and most other denominations practice in Tatarstan with relative ease, the Mormon Church is still having problems registering with the government in Tatarstan and is challenging the government's refusal...A U.S. State Department human rights report released...

Source: Newhouse News Service

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-1/105835024062400.xml

On July 16, 2003 Newhouse News Service reported that "in July 2000, New Jersey became the first state to pass a law to protect consumers of halal food, but three years later the rules still have not been implemented, to the dismay of the Muslim community... The delay has not slowed the rapid expansion of halal food options in the state... 'When...

Source: Pakistan News Service

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=aa77851a8f4e70ab38abced1ffa39b95

On July 16, 2003 the Pakistan News Service reported that "two Pakistanis were killed this week near Washington D.C. prompting concerns from an American Muslim group that the victims may have been targeted because of their race... The students were shot dead just outside of the capital by unidentified gunmen....

Source: Dawn

http://www.dawn.com/2003/07/16/nat22.htm

On July 16, 2003 Dawn reported that "two Pakistani students were shot dead near Washington early Tuesday by unidentified gunmen. The local police are treating the shooting as robbery but friends say the two could have been targeted because of their race... Sair Saeed Butt, 26, and Hammad Chaudhry, 23, both from Lahore, were shot outside Butt's home in Prince George's Country, Maryland, at 3am. Mr Butt died in the ambulance and...

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61443-2003Jul15.html

On July 15, 2003 The Washington Post reported that "Muslims living in the United States were the target of more than 600 alleged incidents of discrimination, harassment and violence in 2002, a 15 percent increase over the previous year, according to a report released yesterday by a Washington-based Islamic advocacy organization... The annual report by the...

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.cair-net.org/

On July 15, 2003 The Associated Press reported that "government efforts to crack down on terrorism contributed to an increase in reports of discrimination and harassment of Muslims in the United States last year, an Islamic advocacy group says. The Justice Department called the allegations 'unfair...' The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday that post-Sept. 11 government actions have broadly targeted Arabs and Muslims... Of...

Source: KXTV 10

http://www.kxtv10.com/storyfull.asp?id=4873

On July 15, 2003 KXTV 10 reported that "the trend in crime of targeting victims based on hate is going back down in California, the state Attorney General announced Tuesday morning... In the months after the September 11 terrorist attacks, hate crime spiked across the U.S. and the state, going up nearly 30 percent in California. Last year, however, hate crimes in the Golden State fell by nearly 27 percent, Attorney...

Source: Times Community Newspapers

Source: The New York Times

Source: Gwinnett Daily Post

http://www.gwinnettdailyonline.com/GDP/archive/article6E1868FE86B046AAA027E701046E45DC.asp

On July 14, 2003 the Gwinnett Daily Post reported that "Americans have turned their eyes toward Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. But it takes only a short walk through any Gwinnett [GA] shopping center to come face to face with Islam... Selecting groceries, purchasing household items or...

Source: The New York Times

Source: HR Next

http://www1.hrnext.com/Article.cfm?Nav=5.0.0.0.27823

On July 14, 2003 HR Next reported that "The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Pesce, Ltd., a Houston-based upscale seafood restaurant, for post-9/11 backlash discrimination. The agency alleges the restaurant fired Karim El-Raheb, a general manager, because of his Egyptian ancestry shortly after the attacks on New York and Washington... The case is the EEOC...

Source: Brattleboro Reformer

http://www.reformer.com/

On July 14, 2003 the Brattleboro Reformer reported that "the attention to Islam that has crystallized in the United States in the last several years has also brought religion into sharper focus for Muslim Americans, sometimes overshadowing other facets of their identity, according to several local [VT] residents... Speaking to about a dozen people gathered at the School for International Training on Friday night, five residents contemplated...

Source: CAIR

On July 14, 2003 CAIR issued a press release stating that "the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, will hold a news conference in the nation's capital to release its eighth annual report on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States, titled 'Guilt by Association...' The report - the only annual study of its kind - details a 15 percent increase in the number of incidents and experiences of anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment during the past year. It...