Brass Crescent Awards 2009

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Nominated Articles

• Rifqa Bary and the Xenos Cult

• The Fake Apostate Conspiracy
• The FDLE Report is a Joke

• Raising the Nazirites

• Rifqa Bary's Inconsistencies
  

The Brass Crescent Awards, a joint project of altmuslim and City of Brass, is an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the Muslim blogosphere. The BCAs are awarded annually based on the Islamic calendar.

Nominations are taken from blog readers beginning after Ramadan, with a panel of judges narrowing the field to five finalists in each category. Readers may vote for their choices until November 27th after which winners will be announced on Eid al-Adha, inshaAllah.

The Muslim blogosphere is the intellectual heir to the traditions of philosophy and learning that was once the hallmark of Islamic civilization - a heritage scarcely recognizable today after over a century of colonialism, tyranny, and religious fundamentalism. These awards are a meant to honor and celebrate this emerging community, and promote its growth in the spirit of the Qur’anic injunction to “compete with one another in doing good works” (5:48).

I encourage everyone go and vote for their favorite blogs at the Brass Crescent. Note: you must confirm your vote through email, so check your inbox/spam after voting.

San Francisco Examiner, Davi Barker has been nominated for the "Best Post or Series" category for his "bold and investigative" series on the Rifqa Bary controversy.

SuhaibWebb.com has been nominated for the "Best Blog" category. Fans of scholar Suhaib Webb find his group blog "incredibly useful" and a "treasure trove of insight" into spiritual, cultural, and political issues.

May Allah reward all of those whose hard work in the Muslim blogosphere, all those who were nominated, all those who are finalists and all those who win the Award. May He facilitate all those who work for His sake in every sphere.

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