The Carnival of Islam in the West I

Welcome to the first ever Carnival of Islam in the West, a monthly carnival by Muslims largely for Muslims, though not exclusively so. As this is the first outing for this carnival, I will write a little about its history, aims and objectives before presenting the entries.

History
The Carnival of Islam in the West was the creation of Abu Sahajj, an American Muslim who blogs at Wa Salaam. He spent considerable time and effort promoting this carnival and has created a resource page for this carnival. May God reward his efforts and good intentions.

Aims and Objectives
This carnival is, in the first instance, an effort to allow Muslims in the West to express what life is like for Muslims living in the West. This carnival is meant to be a voice for Muslims in the West, a significant part of the greater ummah. Because not only do most Westerners not know what is really going on in the Middle East, but many do not know that there Muslims in the West. Entries from those who are not Muslims are also welcome.

In fact as we know there is a large and significant population of Muslims in the West. A population of educated and viable Muslims living and raising families on solid and healthy Islamic values in Western societies.

The carnival is a also great way to bring together Muslims and strengthen the ummah from every corner of the world whilst concentrating on the West. The aim is to grow from there, inshaallah.

The Carnival of Islam in the West I

Religion and Worship
Mona UmIbrahim presents A Mother's Reflection on Prayer posted at The Imam's Daughter.

Abu Sahajj presents The Beauty of Wudu' and Christian Conformists and The Rose posted at Wa Salaam.

Khalid Muhammad presents To what extent is the medieval Western preconception about Islam still prevalent today? posted at Old Man of the Mountain.

I present On Authority.

Umm Zaid presents Me and the Masjid posted at Sunni Sister.

Progressive Traditionalist presents On Morality, II posted at Roving Ellipsis.

Haroon Moghul presents Some Thoughts on Why Religion is Superoir to Science posted at Avari.

Education and Life
Aziz Poonawalla presents Flying while Muslim posted at City of Brass.

Abu Muhammad presents Education and Modernity posted at Non Skeptical Essays.

Baraka presents Happy Birthday, Pureland posted at Truth and Beauty.

News and Politics
Jon Swift presents Kidnapped Fox Newsmen Let Us Down By Not Dying and 10 Arabic Speakers Too Many in the State Department (satire).

Kashmiri Nomad presents Refuting A Western Hate-Monger posted at Islam And The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri Nomad.

Ali Eteraz presents What About the Moderates?

The State of the Ummah
ABD presents Ten Poems: Yeats' "Second Coming" posted at other|matters.

Omer Mozaffar presents Should we be Liberal or Conservative? posted at other|matters.

I present British Muslims must fight extremism.

Baraka presents Seeds of Hope, Seeds of Genocide posted at Truth and Beauty.

Comments

[Abu Sahajj]

As-salaamu 'alaikum,

Thabet... it looks great.Thank you so much brother, I am very greatful to you for your effort in the development of the carnival.

As I have recently become a father to a beautiful baby boy, I will be absent from the blogsophere for a few days. So I will write you offline.

jazakallah wa as-salaam 'alaikum

[Aziz]

posted to the Carnival of Brass. should automatically appear in sidebars shortly.

I am greatly excited by the synergy of the real-time carnival concept with traditional carnivals. The more people we can urge to add the realtime carnival to their sidebars, the more exposure that the traditional carnivals will get instantaneously.