veiled4allah: Muslim voices 4/26 to 5/3

This installment of Muslim Voices highlights some of the best posts by Muslim bloggers in the last week.

Aside: It's really hard to do a list of specific posts when Blogger is messing up the permalinks. I don't know how the people using Blogger put up with all the trouble it causes. Al-hamdulillah for Movable Type! Those smart enough to have fled Blogger for a blogging system that actually works get a place of honor in this listing. Here are some great posts with working permalinks.

Karen Hanson posts about the importance of good manners in Islam, based on a sermon she heard at her mosque.

DeOwl shares her thoughts about nicknames people in a group use for each other than could be misunderstood by outsides such as Muslims calling each other "fundies".

Basil Gohar talks about dreams in islam and what the Islamic sources and scholars have to say about the meaning of dreams.

Khushee looks back at when we saw the world through the eyes of a child. Things were so much simpler then, weren't they?

Umair Salam posts a biography of the scholar Imam Nawawi to his articles blog. This is an example of the type of person traditionally presented as an ideal of Islamic piety. Yes, the ideal Muslim is a scholar not a terrorist.

Umar posts about British suicide bombers in Palestine. I don't agree with Umar's views on suicide bombings, but I'm linking his post because I think that people need to see what Muslims like Umar have to say and then engage in debate with them. Umar's blog appears to have a comments section so please direct your remarks to him there.

And here are the people still stuck in Blogger hell. You'll have to scroll down and look for the specified post.

Sara talks about the appeal of living as a hermit, away from contact with people (second post on April 30).

Abez posts about Splendid Acute Religiousness Syndrome, the benefits to the world if there were more God-fearingness (April 26).

Bin Gregory posts about a controversy over the words used in a Malaysian translation of the Bible (April 27).

Yasmine posts about being hearing impaired (April 29). The post includes tips for communicating with the hearing impaired.

Shadaan posts about Kashmir (April 26). I have a page about Kashmir on my website.

Faiza posts up a classic article about hijab, "My Body Is My Own Business" (April 28). This is a good read for those who are interested in learning more about hijab and Muslim women's dress.

Jabir continues his advice to himself with a post about having a sense of purpose (May 2).

SASAN talks about arrogance and reasons why non-Americans may feel that Americans are arrogant (May 2).

Shi'a Pundit posts up some information about Bridges TV, a proposed new cable TV station for Muslims in America (April 30).

Silent shares a poem about remembering God called "Remember, Just Remember" (May 1).

Hafsa Ahsan in her articles blog shares "I am a silent witness", a poem by Mary Ayad about Palestine (May 1).

Islamic Journal posts an article sharing the story of a Muslim scholar's conversation with a Chinese taxi driver about Islam (May 3).

Maliha posts "What Children of Iraq?" by Marwa El-Neggar, adding some heart-rending pictures of injured Iraqi children (April 28).

Sufistic talks more about the Islamic meaning of love (May 2).

Thebit writes "Some Notes on the Wahhabi Movement" (April 26). I've discussed this issue in an article on my website. This is a topic that it's important for people to become educated about.

Prof_sadin has some controversial posts up including one about the British suicide bombers and what she thinks about homosexuality. You can read those while scrolling down to "Illegitimis non carborundum" (April 29) which I wanted to highlight because none of the other bloggers were talking about fat-cat corporate executives this week.

Zack Ajmal talks about "The End of the Ottoman Empire" (April 27). There's an interesting follow-up discussion in his comments section. The focus is on the caliphate and whether this was and is really as important to Muslims as some Western scholars of Islam - and some Islamists - think.

Ubaid talks about how radical Muslims see American culture and how those same aspects appear to anyone from a traditional culture (April 29). Zack's caliphate post is based on another post from Ubaid's blog.

Aziz Poonawalla has spent most of the last week dealing with accusations that he is anti-Semitic because he posted a news story from Wired Magazine and the Sunday Times (London) that alleges Israel may be creating genetically-tailored weapons. If you want to learn more about this, you can read his blog and respond to him in his comments section. In the meantime, Aziz has posted about some other topics as well. In "not sufficient", he poses the question: what if Iraqi democracy leads to the election of an anti-American government, what will America do then? (May 1, second post).

Elham has a fascinating post about sexual politics and science (May 3, second post). Very interesting stuff.