veiled4allah: Muslim voices 5/17 to 5/24

Here are the blogs with working permalinks. You'll go right to the designated entry.

Sadia Salam shares a poem by Rumi.

Karen Hanson talks about how her conversion to Islam affected her old friendships.

Aizuddin Danian looks at whether "Asian values" limit the spread of terrorism in Southeast Asia.

Lai posts about the war on drugs and whether it is really working.

Fazal Majid analyzes the writings of a blogger he thinks is racist against people from India and Muslims.

Faren posts up an speech by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taken from a standard biography.

Basil Gohar, who runs an Islamic discussion forum, has added a counseling section for brothers and sisters who need help and advice.

Metamorphic reminds us of the wisdom of "This too shall pass".

The Islamic Feminista looks at a verse of the Quran that is often cited to show male superiority over women and argues that it is being misinterpreted.

Zack Ajmal has moved to his own domain and switched from Blogger to MT. Way to go, Zack! He's got several great posts up at his new digs, including a look at the treatment of religious minorities in Muslim countries, past and present.

Umar posts about how Hollywood exploits people who have been injured to turn their stories into entertainment.

And here are the Blogger blogs. Scroll down to the designated entry.

After a friend's mother died, Abez is thinking about the importance of parents (May 24).

Sara Mahmud has a new series of inspirational posts up (May 19).

Bin Gregory posts some pictures he took of the Mawlid (celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) this year (May 18).

Yasmine, who is hearing impaired, shares her experiences at the audiologist's (May 22).

noBraiNnEr posts a beautiful prayer from a hadith (May 21). Mashallah!

Ruby's grandfather died and she looks back at her regrets in not spending more time with him (May 18).

Daniyah shares her success at a job interview (May 22).

DeOwl looks at the rescue of Private Lynch, which is turning out to be a little different from what we thought at first (May 20).

Murtz has a post about how the media often misinterprets or misrepresents science (May 21).

Shadaan posts about an interesting medical study on the health benefits of reciting the word Allah (May 24).

Kasheur shares a poem she found called "Don't Look Back" (May 21).

Zahra posts some information about Malta (May 19).

Arshe talks about her Quran study project (May 18).

Sina (Linda) is posting the testimonies of converts and others who became observant as Muslims (May 25).

Shi'a Pundit responds to a disaffected Muslim (May 20).

Sheshe posts some sayings of Malcolm X (May 18).

Amina (who is from Algeria) posts about an earthquake in Algeria in which hundreds died (May 22). Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

Hafsa Ahsan in her articles blog posts about easy actions for which rewards are multiplied (May 21).

Sufistic posts about gnosis (May 24).

Prof_sadin has several excellent posts including reflections on the recent wave of terrorist attacks (May 22) and the "knowledge economy" and how we can get access to different viewpoints than just that of the mainstream media (May 20).

Ubaid reflects on how it can often be a struggle to practice Islam in the West (May 23).

Aziz Poonawalla shares his own thoughts about Sultana Freeman (May 20).