veiled4allah: Muslim voices 7/20 to 7/26

Sara wonders whether investing on the stock market is a form of gambling. I posted about this awhile ago.

Sadia Salam is back after a hiatus and reports on showings of her art.

Abdu Fattaah posts about how Islam was seen as strange in the environment where it was first revealed (July 24 entry; blog does not seem to have permalinks).

Abez has published a short story online (link is to story, not to her blog). Good work, sis!

Auliya thinks that the assassination of Saddam Hussein's sons and display of the pictures in the media reflects very poorly on Bush's character and has one very angry rant about it.

Aizuddin Danian reports on Snapster, a successor to Napster.

Bin Gregory posts about a book he's reading called "Key to the Garden".

noBraiNnEr shares a reflection on life.

Burhan is brooding again. Be sure to click on the "view image" link at the beginning of the entry. That picture is enough to throw anybody off balance!

Cindy is blogging again! I'm glad you're still hanging in there, sis.

Daniyah has moved her blog to a new address and has a good post up about her experiences volunteering at a women's housing center.

DeOwl posts about advertisements for skin-lightening creams in India (July 25; blog does not seem to have permalinks).

Hajir has a variety of reflections on the killing of Saddam Hussein's sons.

Waleed is doing the Blogathon. Drop by and give him some encouragement or even sponsor him. He's blogging for Save the Children.

Nina shares some thought-provoking sayings to keep the Muslim on track.

Shadaan has a variety of interesting material up including a beautiful prayer (July 22) and an amusing story about whether there is a curse of Babylon causing trouble for the U.S. in Iraq (July 23).

Kasheur also shares some short sayings and reminders.

Arshe posts about Alim Fatah, inventor of the self-adhesive stamp.

Jabir compares Bush's "God told me to strike al-Qa'ida" saying with a saying by Ronald Reagan.

Shi'a Pundit posts a condemnation by Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean of civil rights abuses against Muslims and Arab-Americans.

The To Submit journal posts a verse from the Quran about not upsetting the natural balance.

Saadat shares some airline pilot/mechanic jokes.

Chocoholic shares her thoughts about arranged marriages (scroll down if the link doesn't take you to the right place).

alt.muslim looks at an alliance of Indian and Israeli interests.

Muslim Wake Up posts an article by Professor Thomas Nagy about Daniel Pipes and democracy in America.

Asim posts about Islam and culture.

Idlan reflects on how it's uncool in popular culture to be religious.

Zack Ajmal posts about Pakistan and Afghanistan.