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International Fulbright Scholars Learn about Religious Pluralism in U.S.

July 27, 2002

Source: Ventura County Star

On July 27, 2002 the Ventura County Star featured an article on the 18 international scholars studying pluralism, both professors and graduate students, who are "spending the summer in a University of California, Santa Barbara, program on how different religions can coexist... The scholars are from Bosnia, Finland, Egypt and other nations... As part of a Fulbright American Studies Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, they're studying religious unity in America as well as the hate that seeded the terrorism of...

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Anti-Muslim Graffiti Found After FBI Search

July 26, 2002

Source: The Washington Post

}| ?26, 2002, The Washington Post reported that "a U.S. Secret Service agent on a Detroit anti-terror task force has been suspended after he admitted scrawling an anti-Islamic epithet on a Muslim prayer calendar during a search of a suspect's home last week, authorities said yesterday... U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins in Detroit said the agent could face criminal charges, including civil rights violations and exceeding authority during the execution of a search warrant... Hodan Hassan, spokeswoman for the Council on...

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Appeals Court Rules "Under God" in Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional

July 26, 2002

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

On July 26, 2002, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the State of California "appealed the Pledge of Allegiance case Thursday, telling a federal appeals court that school children's vow of loyalty to 'one nation under God' is not a religious invocation... The federal government and the Elk Grove Unified School District, where the case arose, are also planning appeals."

Controversy over Required Reading on Islam at University of North Carolina

July 23, 2002

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16580

On July 23, 2002, The Associated Press reported that "three students and a conservative Christian organization have filed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina, saying the required reading of a book about Islam is unconstitutional... The suit... says the university is infringing on students' First Amendment right to religious freedom by...

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American Muslims Plan 'National Day of Unity and Peace' for September 11

July 23, 2002

Source: American Muslim Political Coordination Council

On July 23, 2002 American Muslim Political Coordination Council (AMPCC) issued a press release stating that the "council today announced a 'National Day of Unity and Prayer' designed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon... The AMPCC, made up of the nation's four most prominent Muslim political advocacy groups, called on all faith communities to participate in the national observance by opening houses of worship on September...

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Anti-Muslim Graffiti Found After FBI Search

July 23, 2002

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47184-2002Jul22.html

On July 23, 2002, The Washington Post reported that "representatives of two Muslim advocacy groups charged today that law enforcement agents who last week searched the home of a man being investigated for connections to terrorism left behind a handwritten epithet on a Muslim prayer calendar in his home... 'This defeats the purpose of the mission of law...

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South Florida Jews and Muslims Unite at Festival For Peace

July 22, 2002

Source: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-sjam22jul22.story

On July 22, 2002 The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that members of the Jewish congregation of Temple Adath Or in Southern Florida "participated in Muslim prayer for the first time during Festival For Peace at the Darul Uloom Islamic Institute in Pembroke Pines, [Florida]... More than 200 adults and...

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North Carolina Group: Americans and Muslims for Intercultural Dialogue

July 20, 2002

Source: The Herald-Sun

http://www.muslimdialog.org/

On July 20, 2002 The Herald-Sun featured an article on the Durham, North Carolina organization Americans and Muslims for Intercultural Dialogue. The groups goal is "to promote religious tolerance and knowledge of Islam... Their objective is twofold: to combat what they see as a rising tide of intolerance of Islam in the United States, and to counter-balance what they call increasing fundamentalism within some Muslim groups here and...

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Tribes Struggle to Protect Sacred Lake from Energy Company

July 17, 2002

Source: Los Angeles Times

On July 17, 2002 the Los Angeles Times featured the article "A Power Struggle: Electric vs. Spiritual" on the struggle between a big energy company and California Native American tribes over the company's plans for a sacred lake in California. The company, "Calpine Corp., hopes to harvest megawatts from generating plants only a few miles from the sacred lake. Exploratory drilling is to begin this week... Tribal lore has it that the Creator bathed in Medicine Lake, and it remains a place of raw spiritual power... Tribal elders...

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New Study Shows Lack of Strong Support for Faith-Based Initiative from Protestant Clergy

July 16, 2002

Source: CNSNews.com

http://www.CNSNEWS.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200207\CUL20020716a.html

On July 16, 2002 CNSNews.com reported that "support for President Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Act remains 'lukewarm' among Protestant clergy across the nation, a new study reveals... The Bush administration so far has not been successful in creating greater acceptance of its faith-based agenda among the Protestant...

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Tampa Tribune's Coverage of Muslim Issues Elicits Protest

July 15, 2002

Source: The Tampa Tribune

http://www.usforacle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/07/15/3d32b51666cf9?in _archive=1

On July 15, 2002 The Tampa Tribune reported on the "approximately 80 protesters demonstrating against The Tampa Tribune’s coverage of Muslim issues." The protesters claimed that "the coverage of Muslim issues in The Tampa Tribune... is biased and often a thinly...

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Opening Prayers at Ohio Governmental Meetings Increase in Diversity

July 14, 2002

Source: Dayton Daily News

On July 14, 2002 Dayton Daily News reported that "prayers from... a variety of Christian denominations routinely open governmental meetings in the Miami Valley [in Ohio]... [But] a Xenia councilwoman is inviting Muslims, Hindus and representatives from other faiths to do the same... 'This is America' Patricia Felton said. 'We need to make that opportunity available to anyone who wants to speak'... Likewise in Columbus, the majority of those who lead the prayers for state legislators are Christians, but in recent years several...

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