veiled4allah: Muslim voices 7/5 to 7/12

Sara is back after a long absence with a poem called "Tomorrow is not Promised".

Abu Saleem (Abdullah), like me, is a TypePad beta tester, although he doesn't have much up at his new blog yet. Another Muslim beta tester is Waleed.

Aizuddin Danian has an interesting discussion on the question of why men rape women and the responsibility that both men and women have in date rape cases.

Bin Gregory reports on a great site of du'as (personal prayers) that he found. Muslims, be sure to check it out, inshallah.

Yasmine shares a cute story about her job at a preschool.

Burhan posts a speech he gave at a wedding and discusses his feelings about writing it.

KaZ has been blogging for a year. Congratulations on your blogiversary, KaZ!

Faren posts about a new mosque in Granada Spain and has some lovely pictures of it as well as links to news stories.

Hajir posts about different levels of identity for immigrant Muslims in America: as Muslims, as Americans, and as their own nationality.

Shadaan has a post called "True Hijaabi Pride" (July 7; no permalinks available).

Kasheur (who is about my age) rants about teenagers these days. Whether it's Kashmir or America, some things are universal.

Arshe shares some excellent hadiths she was reading.

Sana posts her thoughts about the U.S. and Canada and how they should help the developing world.

Jabir reminds himself of the value of patience.

Sina (Linda) reports on how much attention people in Singapore (where she lives) were paying to the operation to separate the conjoined twins. A number of the Muslim bloggers mentioned this story briefly. Those two women showed more courage in the simple act of living than many of us will ever have. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

Silent shares his thoughts about time and death.

Suzzy is volunteering at a shelter for abused and neglected children.

Sweet talks about moderation and extremism and finding the right path.

Sufistic posts about God-consciousness (taqwa) and scroll up for part two.

alt.muslim posts about sectarian killings in Pakistan.

Muslim Wake Up posts about Israel and South Africa and has a comments section for your feedback.

Idlan comments on two news articles, one from the BBC and one from a Malaysian news source.

Ikram Saeed reminds us that bloggers from other countries are not necessarily any more representative of those countries than American and Canadian bloggers are of the U.S. and Canada.

Zack Ajmal posts about blasphemy laws in Pakistan.

Umar posts about unrest in Iran and Iraq.