"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."
The winning blog:
"On his journey to sacrifice his son Abraham was plagued by, and eventually overcame, the Devil. Pilgrims exorcise their own devils by throwing seven symbolic pebbles at stone satans, one pebble for each flaw they wish to erase. People throw their pebbles passionately, and their intention to wipe away previous shortcomings is buried into their muscle memory and DNA. The symbolism of ritual has a ripple effect into real life, and this is one of the great lessons of the hajj."
I don't see any "thinking" going on here. :shrug:
Must just be a popularity contest. Oh yes, it appears it is just that.
"the panel of judges will select, on a consensus basis if possible, final sites out of the nominee pool based on the following criteria:
* Number of nominations
* Popularity in the blogosphere (as measured by comments, links, Technorati score, etc.)
* Suitability for category
* Previous participation (i.e. no past nominees in the "deserving" category)
* Nominations in other categories (limit to three total)"
