{"id":525,"date":"2009-11-18T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T10:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/11\/voting-open-for-the-brass-cres.html"},"modified":"2009-11-18T10:08:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T10:08:33","slug":"voting-open-for-the-brass-cres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/11\/voting-open-for-the-brass-cres.html","title":{"rendered":"Voting open for the Brass Crescent Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It’s time to once again cast your vote for the Islamsphere’s best and brightest – the polls are now open in the 6th Anual Brass Crescent Awards for the Islamic Blogsphere!<\/p>\n

This year we were a little delayed with the voting phase, partly because I had an unexpected trip in October and then partly because of the tragedy at Fort Hood, which rightly dominated the attention of the blogsphere as a whole, but the Islamsphere in particular.<\/p>\n

However, we are now ready to go, and you can vote until Nov. 27th at the official site, BrassCrescent.org<\/a>, so what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n

The categories this year include two new ones- BEST RETIRED BLOG and BEST TWEETER – and they have fantastic nominees. So check it out and vote<\/a>!<\/p>\n

For more details and updates on the Awards, follow the BCA on twitter (@brasscrescent<\/a>) or join the FaceBook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Also – if you’re a UK resident, take note a this great promotion by altmuslim.com<\/a> – an opportunity to score free tickets to the IMAX film “Journey to Mecca<\/a>“. But please don’t forget to vote<\/a> first!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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