The Brass Crescent Awards - Honoring the Best of the Muslim Blogosphere

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 emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere). Nominations
are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners.

What are the Brass Crescent Awards? They are named for the Story
of the City of Brass in the Thousand and One Nights. Today, the
Islamsphere is forging a new synthesis of Islam and modernity, and is
the intellectual heir to the traditions of philosophy and learning that
was once the hallmark of Islamic civilization - a heritage scarcely
recognizable today in the Islamic world after a century’s ravages of
colonialism, tyrants, and religious fundamentalism. We believe that
Islam transcends history, and we are forging history anew for
tomorrow’s Islam. These awards are a means to honor ourselves and
celebrate our nascent community, and promote its growth.