veiled4allah: Muslim voices 7/26 to 8/2

Sara has an article published online (link is to article rather than her blog). Congratulations, sis!

Annie posts a story about the importance of repentance even for sins we consider minor.

Abdullah shares a verse from the Quran that is a wonderful reminder.

Aizuddin Danian posts about a dispute in Malaysia over whether to ban the movie "Bruce Almighty" as offensive to religious sensibilities.

Sara Mahmud is back after a hiatus with more of her series of inspirational posts.

Bin Gregory has an excellent post about what he calls the "scoresheet mentality" in religion in which people do good deeds or refrain from sin thinking about their "scoresheet" in heaven rather than for its own sake.

Burhan shares a cute story about his son and the wonder of letting children explore their imagination.

Danielle posts about the difficulties a Muslim community in Australia are having getting a permit to build a mosque. Fortunately, they have been successful, al-hamdulillah.

Faren shares a poem.

Hajir posts about mirages.

Shadaan posts an article about the concept of sin in Islam (July 30; blog does not seem to have permalinks).

Kasheur posts about the importance of taking time out for prayer (August 1; blog does not seem to have permalinks).

Muhammad Ali Khan hasn't been blogging much lately because his consulting firm has been working on the Muslim Business Exchange.

Hafsa Ahsan has written an essay about women's rights in Islam (July 30; blog does not seem to have permalinks).

Maggie posts about self-esteem.

Sammerz posts about death (July 31; blog does not seem to have permalinks).

Sana posts about homeopathic medicine.

Jabir posts about serving one's appetites as a kind of idolatry.

Sina posts some thoughts about not getting too personal when blogging.

Umair Salam posts to his articles blog with tips for improving one's salat.

alt.muslim posts about Muslim views on divorce by SMS (text-messaging).

Muslim Wake Up posts about Muslim dress styles.

Zack Ajmal lists all the countries that people are visiting his blog from.

Umar posts an article about the role of Muslim women in politics, past and present.