PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Imam Abdul Khan says some men at his mosque in Rockford, Ill., have asked him not to speak out against domestic violence during Friday prayers. But he speaks out anyway.

NEW YORK - American Muslims form a growing and maturing community worshipping in 1,209 mosques from coast to coast, according to the first comprehensive survey of the faith's presence in the United States.

WASHINGTON - A leading American Muslim group is gathering in Washington for its most important meeting of the year, two weeks before the anniversary of Sept. 11 and in the midst of difficult times for their community.

CHICAGO (AP) - The heads of the Nation of Islam and the Muslim American Society are repeating calls for unity between their formerly hostile organizations.

WASHINGTON - Relations between Jews and Muslims in the United States, already tense amid the latest Mideast eruptions, have been strained further by the release of a book whose stated purpose, paradoxically, is "to enhance mutual understanding and reduce mutual ignorance and suspicion."

MIAMI (AP) - At a mosque on what should have been one of the happiest days in the Muslim calendar, Abdul Haleem Muhsin knew this year's celebration was different.